O2 appoints chief executive after resignation of Danuta Gray

WELSHMAN Stephen Shurrock has been appointed chief executive of O2 Ireland, taking over from Danuta Gray who has announced her resignation after nine years in the post.

Mr Shurrock, who joins the company’s Irish operations from his current position as consumer sales director at O2 UK, will formally take over here at the beginning of December; at which time he will also replace Ms Gray on the board of Telefonica Europe, the Spanish telecommunications group which owns O2.

Ms Gray will, however, remain very much connected with the group; taking up the position of non-executive chairman of O2 Ireland and a new advisory role within Telefonica Europe on behalf of group chief executive Matthew Key. At a wider European level, she will work on a number of key strategic projects aimed at shaping the future position of the group.