April 4 (Reuters) - Video-hosting platform Vimeo said on Thursday it has named Philip Moyer as its new CEO, effective Apr. 8.

Moyer has been vice president of the Strategic Industries unit at Alphabet's Google Cloud since July 2019. Prior to Alphabet, Moyer also served as Director of Financial Services at Amazon Web Services.

He will be replacing board member and interim CEO Adam Gross, who will remain on the board after the transition.

Vimeo's shares rose 1.71% in extended trading.

Vimeo will report its first quarter-results on May 6. (Reporting by Priyanka.G in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)