Whitehill chosen to head Neotel

ECONET Wireless Global unit Liquid Telecom has appointed former Vodafone Group executive Kyle Whitehill to head up South African internet provider Neotel and oversee the company’s expansion plans. Whitehill was previously chief executive of Vodafone Qatar and Vodafone Ghana and will replace interim head Nic Rudnick at Neotel, which Liquid acquired for R6.55 billion from India’s Tata Communication last year. Neotel’s plans to boost market share and add services under new ownership makes it a good time to join the Johannesburg-based company, Whitehill said. “Neotel will for the first time become a truly pan-African player,” he said.