Andrew Hanna

With a career spanning almost 20 years in the global telecom and ICT industry, Mr. Hanna draws on a breadth of knowledge and expertise in competitive international markets. Currently Chief Commercial Officer at STC subsidiary VIVA Bahrain, he has played a key role in the operator’s 2010 launch and highly successful vie for market share in a fiercely competitive and oversaturated climate. Through the development of innovative products and services and the signing of key strategic partnerships, he has helped ensure a firm foothold for VIVA as it negotiates new challenges like the introduction of mobile number portability.

Prior to his post at VIVA, Mr. Hanna was General Manager for Enterprise and Government at Batelco, Bahrain, and subsequently Group General Manager. His responsibilities included the end-to-end sales, service, and marketing of Batelco’s portfolio of solutions to all business customers with full P&L accountability. In that capacity, he was instrumental in effecting a transformation of the division and employee team from a transactional model to a solutions-based one.

Other senior appointments included Regional Management with Microsoft MENA, General Manager with Telecom NZ/AAPT, Ericsson Australia, and various product management, marketing and strategy roles with Telstra Australia where he started his career as part of a Leadership Development Program.

Mr. Hanna holds an MBA & Master of Marketing (Monash University, Australia), a Post Graduate Diploma in International Business (Monash University, Australia) and Bachelor's degree in Economics & Commerce from Victoria University in Australia.