Vodafone Appoints Microsoft Executive Pilar López as CFO

Vodafone Group Plc has appointed Pilar López as its new chief financial officer following the departure of Luka Mucic, who announced he was leaving last month.

López will join in October as CFO designate before taking over the official role after Mucic leaves on Nov. 30., the company said in a statement on Thursday. López joins from Microsoft Corp., where she held a range of senior positions including chief operating officer for Western Europe and country lead for Spain. She also spent 16 years at Telefonica SA and had served on the supervisory board of the company’s German unit.