DUBAI, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Ooredoo Oman ORDS.OM announced Tuesday its Chief Commercial Officer Ian Dench had been appointed Chief Executive Officer.

Dench, who joined majority shareholder Qatar's Ooredoo ORDS.QA in 2006, replaces Greg Young who resigned in October. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nLUN1A5021

Ooredoo Oman reported a 5.4 percent fourth-quarter profit growth last week. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nD5N1E900Z

(Reporting by Alexander Cornwell; Editing by Tom Arnold) ((Alexander.Cornwell@thomsonreuters.com;))