DUBAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Vodafone Qatar hasappointed Ian Gray as chief executive officer with immediateeffect, the loss-making Vodafone affiliate said onTuesday.
He replaces outgoing CEO Kyle Whitehill, who will leaveVodafone to pursue other opportunities, a company statementsaid.
Gray joins from Vodafone Egypt, where he was chairman.
Whitehill joined Vodafone Qatar as CEO in June 2013, havingworked for the Vodafone group since 2001.
Vodafone Qatar has yet to make a quarterly net profit sinceending state-controlled Ooredoo's domestic monopoly in2009.
Its losses had been consistently diminishing, but thattrajectory has faltered of late, reporting widening year-on-yearlosses for the past four quarters. (Reporting by Matt Smith; Editing by David French)