Ooredoo has named new senior executives at both group and Qatar country level, following a number of departures towards the end of last year.
Ooredoo (QA:ORDS) has named new senior executives at both group and Qatar country level.
Izzeldin Hamed Hussein becomes group chief legal and regulatory officer, Bjorn Johan Lundstrom group chief technology officer, and Ian Charles Dench group chief commercial officer.
Appointments to the domestic Qatari business include Sheikh Ali Bin Jabor Al-Thani as chief legal and regulatory officer, Damian Chappell as chief marketing officer and Bjorn Stefan Axelsson as chief technology officer.
In mid-October, long-serving Ooredoo group strategy chief Jeremy Sell resigned, and was replaced on an interim basis by business development head Hans Kuropatwa. Also that month, internal appointee Bertrand Alexis became group chief corporate affairs officer and acting general counsel, replacing Michael Hancock.
In mid-November, Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al Thani became group CEO, succeeding Nasser Mohammed Marafih, who joined the board of directors, replacing Omer Abdulaziz Al-Hamed Al-Marwani.
Waleed Mohamed Al-Sayed at the same time became group deputy CEO and CEO of Ooredoo Qatar, with Yousuf Abdulla Al Kubaisi named as COO of the domestic business, replacing Al-Sayed.
Two weeks later, Youssef El Masri became CEO of Ooredoo Tunisia, replacing Ken Campbell.
Group CEO Sheikh Saud Bin Nasser al Thani (pictured) said: “I want to wish the new CXOs success at this exciting period which will witness many developments and challenges in the telecoms industry. We also offer our highest gratitude and thanks to the former management for their valuable contributions during their time in their respective roles, wishing them all success in their future endeavours.”
As of September 2015, Ooredoo had 114.9 million customers across Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Palestine, the Maldives, Myanmar and Indonesia.
The company reported revenues of US$9.1bn in 2014, and is due to announce FY 2015 results on 1 March.
