Vodafone Group said Thursday that John Townsend (42) has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Verizon Wireless. He replaces Andy Halford, who will become Vodafone’s Group Financial Director following the Annual General Meeting on Jul. 26, 2005.
Townsend joined Vodafone from KPMG Peat Marwick in May 1993. He has held a number of senior positions within the Group, including Chief Financial Officer of Europolitan Holdings AB in Sweden and Chief Financial Officer of Vodafone Australia, and most recently, Financial Director of Vodafone U.K. He becomes Chief Financial Officer of Verizon Wireless with effect from January 2005.
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