The Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today approved the appointment of four new directors: Dominique D'Hinnin, Paul-François Fournier, Esther Gaide and Didier Leroy. Their mandates will be for a term of four years up to the date of the Ordinary General Meeting to approve the financial statements for the Financial Year ending 30 June 2021.

 steve-mills.jpgNewtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, today announced it has appointed Steve Mills to the position of Global VP Sales, as it continues to record year-on-year growth of 10 to 20%.

RigNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNET) announced today that Brad Eastman will join the executive management team as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective immediately and will report to RigNet’s CEO and President, Steven Pickett. Mr. Eastman succeeds William D. Sutton, who, as previously announced, retired June 23, 2017, after more than nine years of service with RigNet. 

 tom-choi.gifABS today announced that co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas (Tom) Choi, is transitioning his role as CEO to that of Director on the Board so that he can pursue other interests and opportunities.  Choi will continue to support the company as a Director on the Board and he remains a significant investor in the business.  

 schrickel.jpgLeoSat Enterprises, which is launching a constellation of up to 108 low-earth-orbit communications satellites that will provide the fastest, most secure and widest coverage data network in the world, has announced that Peter Schrickel, previously Treasurer of leading satellite company SES, joins LeoSat as Chief Financial Officer.  In this role, Peter will

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), Asia’s leading satellite operator announced new appointments across the company’s sales, business development and human resources teams. New appointments include Laurent Tran Dien, Director of Sales Solutions; Fabien Robineau, Regional Director, EMEA; Lara Kwok, Director of Business Development and Mary Wong, Director of Human Resources.

Alexander Müller-Gastell has been appointed the new CEO of ND SatCom GmbH (ND SatCom), effective today. This strategic move is in line with the shareholder vision to further grow the market share of ND SatCom since its acquisition from AIRBUS in 2015.