Vodafone Qatar has renewed its top management. The mobile operator appointed Richard Daly as CEO, Steve Walters as CFO and John Saad as the new CMO. Daly will join Vodafone Qatar on 4 September from his current role as CEO for Vodafone Partner Markets, where he has increased the number of independent operators who purchase access to Vodafone services, competencies, products and brand. From 2007 to 2009, Daly was the CEO for Vodafone Egypt, and he led the increase in market share whilst a third player entered the market. Daly first joined Vodafone in 2000, and has held senior commercial roles at Vodafone UK and Egypt covering marketing, retail, indirect distribution, and customer care. Walters is an experienced finance executive, and is currently interim Head of Finance for Vodafone Essar in India. Walters first joined Vodafone in 2000 and has extensive experience in Vodafone Group, European Region, and since 2008 in India in core areas of finance including M&A. He will take up his new role in Qatar on 1 October; in the meantime Wade Kirkland will continue as acting CFO. Saad will report to the CEO and functionally to Karen Witts, Regional Finance Director, effective immediately. Saad started with Vodafone in Egypt in 2002 where he worked in several areas including consumer segments and brand. He was then selected to lead the Prepaid Segment during the critical stage of the third operator launch in Egypt, after which he was chosen to head the Consumer Marketing Segment.
