Manama, Bahrain - May 22, 2013, Manama, Bahrain - Batelco Group, a telecommunications company, announced that its chief executive Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa had left the company.
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Shaikh Mohamed was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer in October 2011. He was a Deputy Chairman of the Batelco Board of Directors since 2004. He was appointed as the Chairman of SAMENA Telecommunications Council on November 1, 2011.
Shaikh Mohamed's prior experience also includes leading financial and investment roles and representation on the boards of public and private companies.
Prior to Batelco, he held the position of CEO, Bahrain Social Insurance Organization (SIO) which was formed by the merger of the General Organization for Social Insurance and the Pension Fund Commission in 2008.
Between 2005 and 2008, Shaikh Mohamed held the role of Director General of the General Organization for Social Insurance in Bahrain (GOSI).
He held various senior executive and other roles including Director, Finance and Investment, Manager Foreign Investment Portfolios and Investment Analyst.
Shaikh Mohamed currently serves as Chairman of Oasis Capital Bank and is a Director of Investcorp Bank.
He was also appointed on several company boards in different capacities such as Chairman at the Securities and Investments Company (SICO), Vice Chairman at Batelco, Vice Chairman Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait, Vice Chairman Bahrain International Golf Course Company and Director at Bahrain Commercial Facilities Company.
A supervisory committee and Chief Operating Officer will lead the operation until a new Group Chief Executive Officer is appointed.
The company also announced that Peter Kaliaropoulos has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Kaliaropoulos was appointed as Group CEO of Strategic Assignments in October 2011, with a brief to accelerate the inorganic growth of the business. His previous roles with Batelco included Group CEO and CEO Batelco Bahrain.
Mr. Kaliaropoulos joined Batelco in June 2005 with more than 31 years of experience in the international information and communications technologies sector.
Prior to joining Batelco, he held various senior executive roles including Managing Director at SingTel Optus Business, COO/SVP at StarHub, CEO at Clear, Director Sales and Service at BT Asia Pacific, Director at BT Syncordia Asia Pacific, Vice President Sales & Marketing at Telstra, and Managing Director Mobile Sales & Distribution at Telstra. ■