Manama: Batelco has announced the appointment of Ihab Hinnawi as its group chief executive.
Mr Hinnawi has held the role of acting group chief executive since February this year and during this time has shown excellent leadership skills in directing operations across the group’s 14
geographies.
The board has been very pleased with Mr Hinnawi’s performance and dedication and accordingly confirmed his appointment to lead the group. Mr Hinnawi, who has over 25 years of managerial experience, has been chief executive of Batelco’s Umniah operation since 2009.
He previously held the role of enterprise division general manager at Batelco Bahrain and the role of chief executive at Batelco Jordan. In 2004, Mr Hinnawi helped to establish Umniah, as a key member of its initial management team, and continued to work as the operations director of
Umniah until 2007.
His repertoire of key expertise portfolio includes increasing revenue, effecting management change, developing new businesses, managing high stake negotiations, strategic planning, developing key partnerships, building corporate and marketing strategy, effecting risk management, and leading organisational restructuring.
Batelco chairman Shaikh Hamad bin Abdulla Al Khalifa said Mr Hinnawi is assured of ongoing support of the board of directors and the executive teams in
delivering key targets.
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