Ooredoo Appoints New CxOs in Group and Qatar

For immediate release

8 March 2021

Ooredoo Appoints New CxOs in Group and Qatar

Doha, Qatar, 8 March, 2021: Ooredoo Q.P.S.C. ("Ooredoo") - Ticker ORDS - announced the appointment of new CxOs in Group and Qatar, as of 8 March 2021.

The new appointments came as follows:

In Ooredoo Group:

· Abdulla Ahmad Al Zaman as Group Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Ajay Bahri, who will stay with us 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.

· Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari as Group Chief Human Resource Officer, who has held many senior leadership roles at Ooredoo, most recently as Chief Commercial Officer in Qatar.

· Nigel Thomas Byrne as Group Chief Technology Information Officer (GCTIO), after a successful period as Acting GCTIO since April 2019.

· René Werner as Group Chief Strategy Officer, who will join us 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.

In Ooredoo Qatar:

· Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Thani as Chief Commercial Officer in a newly-created role that will oversee both B2B and B2C, and provide a more holistic commercial ownership to drive Ooredoo Qatar through upcoming major sporting events and beyond. Sheikh Nasser brings many years of commercial leadership experience, most recently as Chief Business Officer of Ooredoo Qatar.

· Eman Mubarak Al Khater as Chief Human Resources Officer, who joins from Group Strategic Sourcing where she was Director of Sourcing Capabilities, Performance & Partnerships.

· Eisa Mohammed Al-Mohannadi as Acting Chief Financial Officer, stepping up from his current role of Senior Director Accounting.

Ooredoo's management wishes the new appointees the very best in their new role.

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About Ooredoo

Ooredoo is an international communications company operating across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. Serving consumers and businesses in 10 countries, Ooredoo delivers the leading data experience through a broad range of content and services via its advanced, data-centric mobile and fixed networks.

Ooredoo generated revenues of QAR 29 billion as of 31 December 2020. Its shares are listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.

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