StarHub appoints Peter Kaliaropoulos as CEO

He was the CEO of mobile telco firm Zain Saudi Arabia.

StarHub Ltd today announced the appointment of Peter Kaliaropoulos (Peter K) as its CEO from 9 July 2018. He has over 35 years of experience in the global ICT sector working with senior executive teams.

Peter will join StarHub from Zain Saudi Arabia, where “as CEO, he led the company to its first ever net profit in 2017 after ten years of operations.” His previous experience includes senior leadership roles as CEO, MD and COO with a number of wireless and fully integrated companies including BT (Asia Pacific), Telstra (Australia & USA), Optus (Australia), Clear (New Zealand), Batelco (Middle East) and Ooredoo (Kuwait). 

Peter was also a key member of the StarHub senior executive team which launched the company operations in the Singapore market in April 2000. Peter has also led a significant number of acquisitions and contributed as a Board Director to a number of telecommunications companies and ICT start-ups in Australia, USA, Singapore, India and the Middle East.

Peter holds a Master of Business Administration, Marketing & Strategy from the Macquarie University, Australia and a Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering from the University of NSW, Australia.