Local appointed head of Batelco Bahrain for the first time

Batelco Group has appointed Rashid Abdulla as its CEO for Bahrain, replacing Gert Rieder, who departed the telco at the end of October for personal reasons.

Abdulla becomes the first national to hold the most senior role at Batelco Bahrain. He has been in the telecom sector for 30 years and was most recently the managing director of Qualitynet, Batelco Group’s Kuwait operation. He will assume responsibility for Batelco Bahrain at the end of January 2011.

Abdulla began his working career at Batelco in 1986 as an engineering manager, having completed a BSc in Electrical & Electronics Engineering as a trainee with Cable & Wireless, Batelco’s former shareholder.

Over the past 25 years, he has held management roles in a variety of Batelco’s departments and was instrumental in the delivery of a number of major achievements including the launch of Internet services in 1995.