Ooredoo on Monday announced the appointment of new CxOs in Group and Qatar, as of 8 March 2021.
Ooredoo has made a number of new appointments at the Group level, which includes the appointment of Nigel Thomas Byrne as the new Group Chief Technology Information Officer (GCTIO), after a successful period as Acting GCTIO since April 2019.
René Werner is appointed as Group Chief Strategy Officer, who will join Ooredoo from eBay in Germany where he is currently Managing Director of Customer Operations; René has decades of experience in strategy and transformation roles, including many years in telecommunications with Axiata and Deutsche Telekom.
Abdulla Ahmad Al Zaman is appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Ajay Bahri, who will stay with Ooredoo as Advisor to the Group Managing Director. Abdulla has enjoyed a long and successful career with the Group, most recently as CFO of Ooredoo Qatar.
Ooredoo also announced the appointment of Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Thani as Chief Commercial Officer in a newly-created role at Ooredoo Qatar that will oversee both B2B and B2C. Sheikh Nasser brings many years of commercial leadership experience, most recently as Chief Business Officer of Ooredoo Qatar.