(Telecompaper) Vodafone UK CEO Guy Laurence has emerged as the front-runner to replace Nadir Mohamed as CEO of Canadian operator Rogers Communications, reports The Times newspaper. Mohamed is due to retire in January 2014 after five years as Rogers CEO, with Laurence the company's preferred candidate to replace him. Insiders have suggested that Jeroen Hoencamp, Vodafone UK Enterprise Director and former CEO of Vodafone Ireland, could replace him as CEO of Vodafone UK. In 2012, Vodafone UK appointed Rogers executive Kevin Salvadori as its chief technology officer (CTO). Vodafone declined to comment on the report.