VimpelCom Ltd. announced the appointment of Christopher Schlaeffer as Chief Digital Officer, effective January 17, 2016. Christopher will be responsible for driving VimpelCom's transformation into an open digital model and new ecosystem for the industry, supporting the development of new digital services and telecom propositions for customers, as well as leading the group's global commercial functions. Christopher joins VimpelCom from his role as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of two tech startups in Berlin and London.