▁F iji , ▁Australia ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁Group ’ s ▁invest ments ▁in ▁China ▁Mobile , ▁Bh art i ▁A irt el , ▁S FR ▁and ▁Ver izon ▁W ire less , ▁and ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁all ▁four ▁companies . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁he ▁also ▁helped ▁launch ▁Ind us ▁Tow ers , ▁India ’ s ▁largest ▁mobile ▁tower ▁company , ▁a ▁three - way ▁joint ▁vent ure ▁between ▁V od af one , ▁Bh art i ▁and ▁Ide a ▁Cell ular . ▁ ▁Don ovan ▁stepped ▁down ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁following ▁the ▁appointment ▁of ▁Vitt orio ▁Col ao ▁as ▁V od af one ’ s ▁CE O . ▁ ▁E ir com ▁( 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 2 ) ▁Don ovan ▁was ▁appointed ▁Chief ▁Executive ▁Officer ▁of ▁the ▁Irish ▁tele communic ations ▁company ▁E ir com ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁The ▁company , ▁which ▁ ▁had ▁been ▁described ▁by ▁comment ators ▁as ▁“ the ▁Greece ▁of ▁Irish ▁corpor ate ▁life ” ▁had ▁experienced ▁four ▁changes ▁in ▁ownership ▁in ▁ten ▁years , ▁had ▁accum ulated ▁€ 4 . 0 bn ▁of ▁deb t ▁and ▁was ▁re eling ▁from ▁the ▁Fin an cial ▁Cris is . ▁ ▁Don ovan ▁led ▁the ▁company ’ s ▁transformation ▁programme , ▁rest ruct uring ▁corpor ate ▁deb t ▁at ▁a ▁scale ▁never ▁seen ▁before ▁in ▁Ireland . ▁ ▁He ▁secured ▁invest ment ▁from ▁ST