Vodafone names Heineken’s Van Boxmeer as new chairman

LONDON (Reuters) – Vodafone , the world’s second-biggest mobile operator, has recruited Jean-Francois Van Boxmeer, the current CEO of brewer Heineken , to succeed Gerard Kleisterlee as chairman from November this year.

The British company said Van Boxmeer will join as a non-executive director on July 28. He has been Heineken’s CEO since 2005 and will hand over the role to his successor in June.

(Reporting by James Davey; editing by Sarah Young)