Vimpelcom appoints Lunder as CEO

News Wireless Russian Federation 16 MAY 2011
Vimpelcom appoints Lunder as CEO
Russian operator Vimpelcom's chief executive officer Alexander Izosimov has decided to step down from his position within the company, effective 30 June. Vimpelcom has appointed its current chairman, Jo Lunder, as its new CEO. In addition, Augie Fabela II (co-founder and chairman emeritus of VimpelCom) will take over the position of company chairman. Vimpelcom's supervisory board has also recommended the election of candidates to the supervisory board at the 2011 AGM: Augie K. Fabela II, Mikhail M. Fridman, Kjell-Morten Johnsen, Dr. Hans-Peter Kohlhammer, Oleg A. Malis, Leonid R. Novoselsky, Alexey M. Reznikovich, Ole-Bjorn Sjulstad and Jan-Edvard Thygesen. The AGM is scheduled for 28 June.

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