LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone (L:VOD), the world's second-biggest mobile operator, has recruited Jean-Francois Van Boxmeer, the current CEO of brewer Heineken (AS:HEIN), 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.