American wireless operator Sprint announced the appointment of Andrew Davies as chief financial officer. Andrew Davies will report to Sprint CEO Michel Combes.

Andrew Davies most recently served as group CFO for VEON before stepping down from that role in November 2017.

Andrew spent over a decade with Vodafone Group holding financial leadership positions in Japan, Turkey, India, and finally as CFO of Verizon Wireless in the U.S.

Prior to joining Vodafone, Andrew Davies started his career with KPMG in Cardiff, Wales before serving in progressively senior finance roles with GE, Honeywell, and the Caudwell Group in both the U.K. and the U.S.

Andrew Davies led a global team as group CFO and was instrumental in driving turnaround of VEON. VEON went through a transformation highlighted by substantial improvements in free cash flow and over $50 billion of corporate finance transactions.

Andrew Davies played a key role in the formation of Wind Tre, a joint venture in Italy between VEON and CK Hutchison.

Sprint’s $26 billion merger with T-Mobile US is expected to close no later than the first half of 2019.