Russia's Vimpelcom names TNT's Van Dalen its CFO

MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Emerging markets telecoms group Vimpelcom Ltd on Monday named Henk van Dalen from Dutch delivery group TNT NV its chief financial officer, filling a key position of the newly-created entity.

Van Dalen, who will become Vimpelcom Ltd's CFO on September 1, is TNT's finance chief, and had also previously worked at Dutch chemicals group DSM.

Also read: Fake Twitter account mocks Russian President

Vimpelcom Ltd was formed in April through a merger of Vimpelcom, Russia's second-largest mobile operator, and Ukraine's Kyivstar, which ended one of Russia's longest corporate wars between the shareholders of Alfa-Group and Norway's Telenor.

Also read: Russian court blocks YouTube

Van Dalen will join chief executive Alexander Izosimov, whose appointment was announced last November.