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Cannes, France, Sept. 19, 2013 — Thales Alenia has appointed Julia Maris as Vice President, Public and Regulatory Affairs.After earning degrees from the Institute of Political Science in Grenoble (1996) then Paris (1997), Maris joined the French defense procurement agency DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) in 1997 as Special Advisor to the Human Resources department.

Bethesda, MD, Sept. 16, 2013 — Skot Butler has been named Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development for Intelsat General Corp., responsible for managing the team that serves all of the company’s customers and partners, including the U.S. Department of Defense, NATO, various civil agencies, and commercial enterprises within the United States and Europe.

Aerzen, Germany, September 11, 2013 – CET Teleport GmbH has appointed Paul Ziegler as its new CEO. Ziegler joins CET Teleport GmbH from Gateway Communications, which was recently acquired by PCCW Global, where he was Executive Director responsible for Business Development across Africa and the Middle East.

Paris, September 9, 2013 —Andrew Jordan, previously CEO of Eutelsat Asia, has joined Eutelsat Communications’ Executive Committee.Based in Paris, Jordan will supervise the Group's growth strategy in Asia and drive strategic projects. Ken Loke, previously Chief Commercial Officer of Eutelsat Asia, has assumed the post of Chief Executive Officer of Eutelsat Asia, based in Singapore.

Sint-Niklaas, Belgium,September 9, 2013--Thomas Van den Driessche has been appointed Newtec’s new Chief Commercial Officer and will lead Newtec’s global sales team to achieve Newtec’s ambitious growth objectives. He will also remain responsible for the company’s marketing strategy.

Paris, France, September 6, 2013--Eutelsat Communications announced the appointment of Jean-Hubert Lenotte as the Group's Director of Strategy. He succeeds Yohann Leroy who has been appointed Deputy Chief Technical Officer and Director of Engineering.

Washington, D.C., September 6, 2013-- Intelsat's board of directors elected John W. Diercksen to serve on the board as an independent director effective today. Mr. Diercksen will also serve on the Audit Committee. Mr. Diercksen is currently an executive vice president of Verizon Communications, with responsibility for key strategic initiatives related to the review and assessment of potential mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Oslo, Norway, August 29,  2013 — Content security provider Conax has named Andreas Binderlehner as new Director of Area Sales for the German-speaking countries.Binderlehner will be responsible for development of business opportunities and expansion of sales of Conax Conditional Access and DRM solutions to cable, satellite, DTH and DTT operators, ISPs and telcos in the “D-A-CH” countries.  

Denver, Colo. August 28, 2013 – Global supplier of content management and network infrastructure Harris Broadcast has announced plans to preview the new management team’s vision and strategy by naming senior management appointments.  Steve Foreman has been named president of global operations and services, and Jeff Liening, senior vice president of global sales operations.