Bayat Power: An Afghan Owned Company Building a Better Future For Afghanistan:
Bayat Power’s Executive Team is committed to Bayat Power’s success and Afghanistan’s progress.
For almost two decades, the Executive Leadership of Bayat Power and its parent company, The Bayat Group, have dedicated themselves to building the enabling infrastructure that is essential to creating a modern, thriving Afghan economy. Bayat Power, together with its partner companies of The Bayat Group, are providing Afghans with the products, services, large-scale jobs creation and economic development, enabling Afghans to live better lives.
Bayat Power Executive Team:
- Dr. Ehsan Bayat: Chief Executive Officer
Born in Kabul, Dr. Ehsan Bayat is the CEO of Bayat Power, the Founder and Chairman of The Bayat Group, and the Co-Founder and Chairman of The Bayat Foundation. The Bayat Group is Afghanistan’s largest private company and the Bayat Foundation is Afghanistan’s leading non-profit charitable organization. Dr. Bayat is the largest private U.S. investor in Afghanistan.
In 2002, Dr. Bayat founded Afghan Wireless, Afghanistan’s first wireless communications company. The company operates in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan, providing over 5,000,000 Afghan businesses and consumers with the world-class, high speed communications infrastructure, enabling Afghans to connect with the world.
In 2005, Dr. Bayat founded Ariana Radio and Television Network (ATN). ATN is Afghanistan’s largest privately-owned media network, reaching an audience of 30,000,000 Afghans.
Dr. Bayat is the recipient of numerous honors. He is the recipient of the Leadership Award from The Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (2018), and he was recognized as 2017’s ‘Best Media and Telecommunications CEO,’ by International Finance Magazine. Dr. Bayat received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from American University of Afghanistan (2014). He is also a recipient of the Mother Theresa Award For Social Justice (2017).
- Bassir Bayat: Chief Administrative Officer
- Hamid Rahin: Chief Infrastructure Officer (Afghanistan)
- Kamal Gawri: Chief Financial Officer
- Monty Simus: Chief Regulatory Officer and Head of New Business Development
- Kristopher Haag: Senior Advisor – Global Business Strategy
- Steve Halpern: Senior Advisor – Engineering (Gas Operations)
- Joseph Jaskulski: Senior Advisor – Engineering (Power Operations)
- Samir Samimi: Afghanistan Country Operations Director