Vodafone names Heineken's Van Boxmeer as new chairman
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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, a Belgian, will join as a non-executive director on July 28.He has been Heineken's CEO since 2005, presiding over a nearly threefold increase in its share price through a combination of strategic transactions and organic growth. He will hand..