Batelco Group appoints Alan Whelan CEO

Batelco Group has named a new CEO, Alan Whelan, nearly a year after the company parted ways with its previous CEO.

The company has been looking for a new CEO since it issued a statement last May stating that it had "separated" from its CEO, Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa with immediate effect.

Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa was appointed to the role in late 2011, replacing Peter Kaliaropoulos, who became CEO Strategic Assignments responsible for Batelco’s joint ventures.

Whelan’s business career has seen him lead a number of large scale international businesses in the ICT sector. He began his career with Fujitsu/ICL before moving to BT where he held a number of roles including business manager and global joint venture leader, in which he was instrumental in setting up Concert, a joint venture with AT&T Corporation.

He subsequently spent four years with AT&T, first as vice president of its Concert operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and then as vice president of Global Service Provider Markets.

He also held key roles with Cable & Wireless, including managing director of C&W Wholesale & Enterprise businesses, and non-executive chairman of CTM – a full-service telecommunications provider in the Macau special administrative region of China. He has also served as president, Europe, Middle East and Africa in the Indian-owned Reliance Globalcom business.