Zain Saudi Arabia has announced the appointment of telecom stalwart Peter Kaliaropoulos as its CEO effective Jan. 1, 2017. Peter joins the company to continue the healthy foundation of transformation and growth achieved over the past three years by Hassan Kabbani, who has decided to step down from his post for personal reasons.
An Australian national, Kaliaropoulos joins Zain Saudi Arabia as a highly-accomplished telecom professional having enjoyed over 30 years of experience in the international ICT sector, and playing a key role in the transformation and growth of a number of companies operating across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.
In his most recent role, Mr. Kaliaropoulos was the GM of ‘touch’ Lebanon until June 2016, the country’s leading operator that Zain manages on behalf of Lebanon’s Telecom Ministry and then took on the role as an adviser to ‘touch’ chairman and vice chairman of Zain Group, Bader Al-Kharafi.
In his varied roles over the years, Kaliaropoulos has been responsible for driving customer-centric operating cultures, optimization of productivity levels and implementing growth strategies. He has also served as a board director for various technology and telecommunication companies in Singapore, India, USA, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East.
Prince Naif bin Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al-Kabeer, chairman of the Board of Directors of Zain Saudi Arabia said, “Peter Kaliaropoulos joins Zain Saudi Arabia at an important stage of the company’s evolution and we have the utmost confidence that he has the right leadership qualities to take the operation to next phase of growth, building upon the many achievements accomplished by Hassan Kabbani during his tenure.”
Peter Kaliaropoulos has a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from the University of NSW (Sydney, Australia) and has a Master of Business Administration, from Macquarie University (Sydney).

Source: Arab News