 Tel: +97317884888
Fax: +97317611441
Email: ceo@batelcogroup.com
PA Tel: +97317884484
PA Fax: +97317914484
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Peter Kaliaropoulos – CEO Strategic Assignments
Peter joined Batelco in June 2005 and has led its transformation into a regional company now operating in seven countries with gross revenues over USD901.7 million, net profit of USD230.0 million and a customer base of 10 million mobile and broadband customers (FY10). From Oct 2011, Peter is focused on identifying and delivering strategic opportunities to assist the Group’s regional growth plans. Peter has over 31 years of experience in the international ICT sector. Prior to joining Batelco, he held various senior executive roles including MD SingTel Optus Business (Australia); COO/SVP StarHub (Singapore); CEO Clear (New Zealand); Director Sales & Service, BT Asia Pacific (Singapore & Australia); Director, BT Syncordia Asia Pacific; VP Sales & Marketing, Telstra (USA) and MD Mobile Sales & Distribution, Telstra (Australia). He has played a key role in the transformation and growth of a number of companies operating across many geographic locations. In his varied roles, Peter has been responsible for driving customer-centric operating cultures, development of future leaders, optimising productivity levels, implementing growth strategies, and leading M&A initiatives. He has also served as a Director on the Board of various IT&T companies in Singapore, USA, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and India.
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 Tel: +97317884288
Fax: +97317611441
Email: katarzyna.stapleton@batelcogroup.com
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Kataryna Stapleton – Group Chief Financial Officer
Kataryna Stapleton was appointed as Batelco’s Group Chief Financial Officer having held the position of Chief Financial Officer for the Bahrain operation from December 2007. She joined Batelco in 2006 to lead a Business transformation programme, including Group integration synergies, enhancements to customer experience, process improvement and cost leadership, aimed at driving significant operational efficiencies. Having held senior financial and operational roles at Cable & Wireless (USA & Australia), Savvis Communications (USA) and SingTel Optus (Australia), Kataryna brings to Batelco significant telecom and change management experience. Her academic qualifications include an MBA (Melbourne Business School, Australia), Master of Financial Management (Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia) and other courses in strategic and entrepreneurial management from institutions such as Harvard Club of Australia.
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 Tel: +97317884900
Fax: +97317611822
Email: ghr@batelcogroup.com
PA Tel: +97317884111
PA Fax: +97317611822
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Shaikh Ahmed Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa – Group General Manager Human Resources & Development
Shaikh Ahmed entered the company as Senior Manager Employee Relations in 1997. Coming from an engineering background having been an aircraft engineer, he made the transition from machines to people smoothly. From 1999 he added recruitment to his responsibilities. Being a team member in Project Get Ready in 2002 proved to be an immense learning curve for Shaikh Ahmed as issues not before applicable within the company were addressed. The experience widened his scope in the field of Human Resource Development and led to his appointment as acting GM HR in mid 2003. He became GM HR in mid 2004 and in January 2008 extended his role to include responsibility for the Batelco Group.
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 Tel: +97317884411
Fax: +97317914337
Email: gbs@batelcogroup.com
PA Tel: +97317884485
PA Fax: +97317611441
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Ahmed Al Janahi – Group Board Secretary & GM Media Relations
Ahmed Al Janahi supports the Board of Directors and Executive Management in shaping the development of the Batelco Group throughout the region. Successful careers in Real Estate, Industry Equipment Sales, the Hotel Industry, Finance and Aviation prepared Ahmed well for the wide ranging responsibilities he undertook upon joining Batelco’s Corporate Affairs Department in 2003. His wealth of knowledge and his experience combined with his unmatched enthusiasm serves him well in his multi faceted role as Group Board Secretary and voice of Batelco.
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 Tel: +97317884815
Fax: +97317610092
Email: gcl@batelcogroup.com
PA Tel: +97317884829
PA Fax: +97317610092
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Bernadette Baynie – Group General Counsel
Bernadette Baynie was appointed as Batelco’s Group General Counsel in January 2008 having joined the Company in early 2007 as Senior Commercial Legal Counsel. Her 20 year legal career spans a spectrum of forums, ranging from large, medium and small law firms to senior in-house counsel for one of Australia’s largest companies. Bernadette has a solid and sound in-house corporate counsel capability, in a wide range of areas of law that impact upon the end-to-end operations of Batelco, including product design, marketing, commercial transactions, cross boarder acquisitions, regulatory compliance and governance, operational risk, project management, company secretariat and dispute resolution. Her skills have a strong focus on commercially driven outcomes for Batelco, which are strategically aligned to the company's performance goals and values.
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 Tel: +97317884700
Fax: +97317914700
Email: gca@batelcogroup.com
PA Tel: +97317884425
PA Fax: +97317612737
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Ali Sharif – Group Chief Internal Auditor
Ali Sharif reports to the Batelco Group Board Audit Committee and also sits on the Audit committees of Batelco’s subsidiaries and affiliate companies. He holds the responsibility to directly lead, manage and supervise all core activities within the Group’s companies including carrying out audits and advisories. Ali is also a key member of the team assisting both the Fraud Committee and Information Security Steering Committee. Ali joined Batelco as a graduate trainee in 1990 and has held a number of key positions over his tenure including Internal Audit Manager and Chief Internal Auditor. Among Ali’s professional qualifications, he holds CIA (USA) and CISA (USA). He is one of the co-founders of the Bahrain Chapter of Information Systems and Controls Association.
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 Tel: +97317884920
Fax: +97317914920
Email: gcio@batelcogroup.com
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Hamid Husain – Group Chief Information Officer
Hamid Husain joined the Batelco Group in February 2011 as their Group CIO. His extensive experience in the telecommunications market includes the role of CIO for the Hutchinson Group, based out of Indonesia, supporting their largest mobile operations. Prior to Hutchinson, Hamid worked for Zain group in Nigeria and for du, Emirates’ integrated telecommunications operator, as their CIO & VP of IT. He also spent over 17 years with Airtouch /Vodafone based in the US, Europe and the Middle East with the latter 10 years spent in senior management roles. Hamid successfully managed the launch of new mobile operations in the capacity of CIO / IT Director. He was also instrumental in establishing and running IT departments for these operations in a multi-cultural fast paced environment. A Bachelor of Science degree and MBA with concentration in MIS from University of Houston support Hamid’s extensive experience.
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 Tel: +962788002300
Email: haytham@umniah.com
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Haytham Fatayer – Group General Manager, Strategic Projects
Haytham has an extensive wireless telecommunications engineering background from various roles with regional telecom Operators, Equipment Manufacturers and industry contractors. He has experience with start-up mobile operations and, in addition to his technical/engineering responsibilities, has been involved in commercial/financial evaluations, development of business plans and marketing strategies. Haytham, joined Umniah as Director of Engineering in its pre-launch phase, Aug 2004 and has led Umniah’s network operations and investments in mobile network infrastructure. Other roles included Technical Director, Senior System Engineering Manager with Ciscom, Fastlink (Zain Jordan), Philips TRT (European Telecom Manufacturer). Haytham holds BSc degree in Electronics / Telecom Engineering 1993 from the Maritime Academy/Alexandria Egypt.
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