CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Following the admission to trading of its shares on the NYSE Euronext Paris market in December 2005, Eutelsat Communications has implemented internal control procedures intended to prevent and reduce risk resulting from the Company’s business activities, as well as accounting and financial risks, in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to listed companies.
The Group’s Board of Directors complies with the guidelines of the AFEP-MEDEF Code.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chaired by Dominique d'Hinnin, the Eutelsat Communications Board of Directors is made up of 15 members, 53% of whom are women and 67% of whom are independent Directors. There are nine different nationalities.
A seat of Board censeur is occupied permanently by the Executive Secretary of the EUTELSAT Intergovernmental Organization. Two representatives of the Social and Economic Committee (CSE) of the Company’s operating subsidiary, Eutelsat S.A., participate in Board meetings as observers.
Selected for their knowledge, integrity, independent spirit and their determination to serve the interests of all shareholders, Board members reflect a diverse range of experience, nationalities and cultures. They are committed to vigilant corporate governance, best practices, risk management and compliance.
* Independent Directors
Dominique D'Hinnin*
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chairman of the Nomination and Governance Committee
Chairman of the Strategy Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Dominique D'Hinnin was appointed independent Chairman of Eutelsat Communications S.A. on November 8, 2017 and has been a member of the Board since November 4, 2016.
Dominique D’Hinnin is a graduate of the École normale supérieure and a former Inspecteur des finances. He spent much of his career at the Lagardère Group where he joined in 1990 as an advisor to Philippe Camus. He was then appointed Director of Internal Audit and CFO of Hachette Livre in 1993, and in 1994, Executive Vice President of Grolier, Inc. (Connecticut, USA). He was Lagardère CFO from 1998 to 2009, and Lagardère SCA Co-managing Partner from 2009 to 2016. He is a former Board Member of Airbus, Canal+, Spanish media company PRISA and U.S. company, Golden Falcon Acquisition Corp., as well as former Advisory Board Member of PricewaterhouseCoopers France.
Dominique D’Hinnin is currently also Board Member of the French Company Edenred, of the French company Vantiva and of the Belgian distribution company Louis Delhaize SA.
Dominique D’Hinnin, born on August 4, 1959, is a French national.
Eva Berneke
Chief Executive Officer
Board Member
Eva Berneke joined Eutelsat on 1st January 2022 as Chief Executive Officer. She is also a member of the Board.
Eva brings considerable experience of the Telecoms and Technology industries. She joins Eutelsat from KMD, Denmark's leading IT and software company, specialising in IT solutions and services for the public and private sector, and now part of the NEC Group. During her tenure she oversaw the transformation of KMD from a mainly government service provider to a modern, digital company competing in both the public and private sectors.
Prior to that Eva held several senior positions at TDC, formerly TeleDanmark, the largest telecommunications company in Denmark, notably as Head of Strategy and Head of the company’s Wholesale and Business divisions. Eva began her career at McKinsey where she developed a specialization in the TMT sectors and where she was based for 10 years at the group’s Paris offices.
Eva sits on the Boards of international groups Lego and Vestas Wind Systems as well as France’s Ecole Polytechnique. She is a graduate of Denmark’s Technical University, where she gained a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Sunil Bharti Mittal
Vice-Président (Co-Chair) of the Board of Directors
Member of the Nomination and Governance Committee
Member of the Strategy Committee
Sunil Bharti Mittal was appointed Vice-Président (Co-Chair) of Eutelsat Communications S.A. on 28 September 2023.
Sunil Bharti Mittal is the Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, one of India’s foremost first-generation corporations with interests in telecom, space communications, digital solutions, insurance, agri-processed foods, real estate and hospitality. Bharti has joint ventures with several global partners like SingTel, SoftBank, AXA, Del Monte and the UK Government, amongst others.
Sunil Bharti Mittal has served as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce and the Chairman of GSM Association concurrently from 2016 to 2018. He has been a Trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from 2009 to 2021. Sunil is serving as Chair of the B20 Action Council on African Economic Integration during India’s G20 Presidency. He is also a serving Commissioner at the International Telecommunication Union/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council and a member of the Global Board of Advisors at the Council on Foreign Relations. Sunil has served on the boards of several multinational companies including Unilever PLC, Standard Chartered Bank PLC and SoftBank Corp.
Sunil Bharti Mittal born on October 23, 1957, is an Indian National.
Bharti Space Limited, represented by Akhil Gupta
Board member
Member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee
Akhil is the Vice Chairman of Bharti Enterprises. He has played a pivotal role in Bharti’s phenomenal growth since inception - both organically and by way of various acquisitions and partnerships with leading international operators like British Telecom, Telecom Italia, Singapore Telecom and Vodafone. Akhil also spearheaded the successful public listings of Bharti Airtel (2002), Bharti Infratel (2012) and Airtel Africa (2019) and has been instrumental in introducing Global benchmarks like full Quarterly audits and transparent Quarterly reports to provide all relevant information to investors & stakeholders.
Akhil is President Emeritus of TSSC (Telecom Sector Skill Council), Patron Member and Ex-Chairman of DIPA (Digital Infrastructure Providers Association), member of CII National Committee on Telecom & Broadband, member of CII Task Force on Insolvency and Bankruptcy and has been a member of the Advisory Committee on Service Providers of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India and Sub Committee of Insolvency Law Committee, Government of India. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bharti AXA Life Insurance Ltd. Akhil is a Chartered Accountant by qualification with over 40 years of professional experience. He is the recipient of numerous awards which include ET Telecom Lifetime Achievement Award, Voice&Data Lifetime Contribution Award, EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award as an Entrepreneur CEO, CA Lifetime Achievement Award by ICAI, CA Global Achiever Award by ICAI, Lifetime Achievement Award by Amity University, CEO of the Year award at National Telecom Awards, CA Business Achiever award by ICAI, Asia Corporate Dealmaker award at the Asia Pacific M&A Atlas Awards, Best CFO awards in multiple categories by CNBC–TV18 and induction to Hall of Fame by CFO India.
Akhil Gupta, born on 22 December 1955, is an Indian national.
Bpifrance Participations, represented by Samuel Dalens
Board Member
Member of the Nomination and Governance Committee
Member of the Strategy Commitee
Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee
Bpifrance Participations (since July 12, 2013, formerly Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement – FSI) is represented by Samuel Dalens, Investment Director at Bpifrance in the Large Cap team, investing in mid-sized and large companies. Samuel has fourteen years of experience in finance and private equity. Prior to joining Bpifrance in 2012, Samuel worked in the French administration, for 2 years at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs then for 4 years at the Ministry of Finance (at the Budget Office, then at the Shareholding Agency). Samuel graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and from Telecom Paris (he is an ingénieur des Mines).
Samuel Dalens is currently Director of Soitec and of Crouzet, Financial Controller at the Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics, member of the Supervisory Board at STMicroelectronics Holding, and member of the Supervisory Board of Chrome Topco (Cerba Healthcare).
Samuel Dalens, born on January 15, 1983, is a French national.
Mia Brunell Livfors*
Board Member
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee
Mia Brunell Livfors studied Economics and Business Administration at Stockholm University, Mia Brunell Livfors is currently a professional board member and senior advisor, and was CEO of the Axel Johnson AB Group between 2015 and 2023, CEO of the Kinnevik Group between 2006 and 2014 and CFO of the Modern Times Group MTG AB between 2001 and 2006. Mia has extensive Chairman and Director experience on various international listed, public and private company boards. Mia’s experience ranges across various industries including retail B2B and B2C, food, IT, telecoms, media, industry, fashion, beauty and solar energy.
Mia Brunell Livfors, born on November 30, 1965, is a Swedish national.
CMA CGM*, represented by Hadi Zablit*
Board Member
Member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
Member of the Strategy Committee
Hadi Zablit began his career as an industrial engineer at Renault. He later joined BCG where he worked for over 17 years, serving as Senior Partner & Managing Director. Thereafter, he returned to Renault first as Managing Director of Renault Digital, then as Senior Vice President of the Renault Nissan Alliance in charge of Business Development. He was later promoted to General Secretary of the Alliance. In November 2022, Hadi Zablit joined the CMA CGM Group as Executive Vice President. He oversees the IT, Cybersecurity and digital transformation of the group, as well as the ZeBox incubator and space activities. Mr. Zablit is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique. He holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the École des Mines de Paris, and an MBA from INSEAD.
Hadi Zablit, born on 4 February 1970, is a French national.
Piotr Dmochowski-Lipski
“Censeur” & Executive Secretary of EUTELSAT IGO
Piotr Dmochowski-Lipski is the Executive Secretary of the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization, EUTELSAT IGO, an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Paris. In March 2021, the Assembly of Parties of EUTELSAT IGO reelected Mr. Piotr Dmochowski-Lipski of Poland to the post of Executive Secretary for a second four-year term beginning on July 2, 2021. In February 2018, he was appointed Commissioner of the United Nation’s Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development.
He started his career as a journalist for Radio Free Europe in New York, followed by work as a consultant for Coopers and Lybrand in Boston and Manager at KPMG in Washington. Since then he has worked internationally in senior management positions in financial services, media, telecommunications and government services. Immediately prior to assuming his post at the head of EUTELSAT IGO, he was the CEO of PCG Polska, a subsidiary of Boston-based Public Consulting Group, Inc. His other experiences include positions as CFO of Polska Telewizja Kablowa (today UPC Poland), CFO of TVP S.A. – Poland’s National Public Television and Director General of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Piotr Dmochowski-Lipski also represented the Polish Government at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Paris, the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) in Washington as well as the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Program Board of the European Commission in Brussels. He has also served on several corporate boards of private and public corporations and completed a course for non-executive corporate directors at Stanford University. He holds a Masters in Public Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and an MBA with honors from Boston University.
FSP*, represented by Agnès Audier
Board Member
Chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee
Member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
Member of the Strategy Committee
Fonds Stratégique de Participations (FSP) is a long-term equity investor in French companies, backed by six major French insurance companies (BNP Paribas Cardif, CNP Assurances, Crédit Agricole Assurances through its subsidiary Predica, Sogécap (Société Générale Group), Groupama et Natixis Assurances).
FSP is currently represented by Agnès Audier.
Agnès Audier is a former student of École normale supérieure, an Engineer (Ingénieure en chef du Corps des Mines), a scientist by training and a graduate of SciencesPo. From 1993 to 1995, she was technical advisor to the Minister of Social Affairs of Health and the Urban Policy, Ms Simone Veil. From 1995 to 1997, she was Head of the Private Office for the Minister of Small Businesses and Retail, Mr Jean‑Pierre Raffarin who was subsequently appointed as Prime Minister. From 1997 to 2001, she was Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development for the Générale des Eaux Group (which became Vivendi and then Vivendi Universal) and Secretary of the Executive Committee of Vivendi Group. She was then appointed CEO of VivendiNet, Vivendi Universal’s Internet and Technology Division. From 2003 to 2006, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Performance Officer for Havas Group, a leading global advertising and communications group. In 2007, she joined BCG (Boston Consulting group) where she was member of the Western Europe and Latin America Management Committee and was elected Partner and Managing Director in 2008.
Agnès Audier is currently also, since October 2019, an independent consultant on issues of digital transformation and data and Senior Advisor at BCG. In addition, she is Board Member of Worldline, Board Member of Group Crédit Agricole, member of the Think Tank CosmiCapital’s Strategic Committee, and pro bono Chairman of the Board of SOS Seniors, a French NGO dedicated to elderly care, and of Impact Tank.
Agnès Audier, born November 3, 1964, is a French national.
Esther Gaide*
Board Member
Member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Esther Gaide is a graduate of ESSEC and a chartered accountant. She began her career in 1983 in the external audit departments of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Paris and London and then with Deloitte in Paris and the USA. In 1994, she joined Bolloré Group as Group Internal Audit Director where she set up the internal audit department participating in the reorganization of the maritime department and the takeover of the Rivaud Group. Between 1996 and 2006, she successively held the positions of CFO of the Bolloré Logistics Division, CFO of the Bolloré Africa Logistics Division and ultimately Group Director of Controlling, in charge of the accounting, consolidation and control. In 2006, she joined Havas to then become Deputy CFO and HR Director. In 2011, she joined Technicolor (ex-Thomson) as Group Director of Controlling supervising accounting, consolidation and control. In 2012, she was appointed Deputy CFO before becoming, in 2015, CFO and member of the Executive Committee of Technicolor. She was CFO of Elior Group from 2018 to 2023. She is currently also a Board Member of Illiad, a telecommunications provider.
Esther Gaide, born September 6, 1961, is a French national.
Cynthia Gordon*
Board Member
Member of the Nomination and Governance Committee
Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee
Cynthia Gordon, a graduate of University of Brighton, has more than 30 years of experience in the telecom and digital sector across Europe, MENA and Asia.
She is the Chair of Global Fashion Group, a listed pure play digital e-commerce business serving a market of more than one billion customers across Latin America, South East Asia and Australia and Board Member of Bodycote, a thermal processing service provider.
She was Board Member of Kinnevik AB, one of Europe’s largest industry-focused investment companies, of MIMA Mobile and of Tele2 and previously held senior leadership positions at Orange, Millicom and Ooredoo.
Cynthia Gordon, born on 17 November 1962, is a British national.
Padraig McCarthy*
Board Member
Chairman of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Padraig McCarthy has over 25 years of global senior leadership experience in the satellite and space industry.
An honors commerce graduate from University College Cork Ireland, Padraig began his career in Audit with KPMG Cork, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant working in both Audit and Business re-organisation. After working with Norton S.A in Luxembourg (subsidiary of Saint Gobain) as European Finance Director of the Construction Products Division, he joined the satellite services business SES S.A as Financial Controller in 1995. He has served in various finance and business leadership positions during his 23-year tenure at SES including CFO of SES Astra from 2002 to 2011 and CFO of SES SA from 2013 to 2018.
After SES in 2018, Padraig joined NewSpace Capital GP S.A, a private equity company that invests in growth stage companies operating in the space ecosystem, serving as CFO and Board Member from September 2018 to May 2021. He is currently a Senior Advisor and Partner in NewSpace Capital.
In addition to serving on various Board roles for SES for wholly owned and non-wholly companies, he served as an independent Director for Kleos Space SA from November 2021 to May 2022 and as a senior advisor from June 2022 to February 2023.
He is also from October 2018 an independent Director on the Board of Shurgard Self Storage Limited, a Euronext listed company.
Padraig McCarthy, born on September 27, 1960, is an Irish and Luxembourgish national.
Florence Parly*
Board Member
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Nomination and Governance Committee
As a former Minister of the Armed Forces (2017-2022), Junior Minister for the Budget (2000-2002), and Vice President of the Bourgogne Regional Council, Florence Parly has extensive experience in policy and government. Throughout her career, Florence has led essential lines of work in economics, employment, infrastructure, housing, social security and more. She has also served in senior roles in major French industrial and transport corporations, having served as Director General of SNCF Voyageurs and Deputy Director General of Air France. She has a significant corporate governance experience as an independent board member at Altran Technologies, Ingenico, Zodiac Aerospace. She recently joined as independent Board member Newcleo, IPSOS and is a member of the Supervisory Board of Caisse des Dépôts and is Chair of the Board of Directors of the French Conservatoire national des arts et métiers. Florence Parly is a graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and former student of the Ecole nationale d'administration.
Florence Parly, born on 8 May 1963, is a French national.
Fleur Pellerin*
Board Member
Member of the Nomination and Governance Committee
Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Fleur Pellerin has solid experience and expertise in the fields of media, telecommunications and high technology. In 2012, Fleur Pellerin was appointed to Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault’s Government as Minister of SMEs, Innovation and the Digital Economy. During this time, she strove to make digital a key focus launching the “FrenchTech” movement and carried out various tax and regulatory reforms to support entrepreneurship and investment in France. In 2014, she became Secretary of State for Foreign Trade and Tourism and then Minister for Culture and Communication the same year. In 2016 Fleur Pellerin left government and founded Korelya Capital, a Paris based venture capital fund whose mission is to invest in European fast-growing high-tech startups. Korelya has now 750M€+ under management in 9 European countries. A former independent Director at Schneider Electric and Talan she is currently independent Director at KLM, Gaumont and Stanhope Capital Partners. She also chairs the mission committee (“Comité de Mission”) of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale since January 2022. She is a former member of the French Court of Auditors and a graduate of ESSEC business school, Sciences Po and the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA).
Fleur Pellerin, born on August 29, 1973, is a French national.
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology of the United Kingdom, represented by Elena Ciallie
Board Member
Member of the Nomination and Governance Committee
Member of the Strategy Committee
Elena Ciallie joined UKGI as Executive Director in October 2020, focusing on providing corporate governance and corporate finance advice to government. In addition to her role at UKGI, she presently is a Non-Executive Director at illimity Bank, a digital only SME focused bank headquartered in Milan, Italy.
Prior to her current roles, she had a 25-year career in investment banking at Citibank, Goldman Sachs and Ondra Partners advising companies across Europe on financial strategy, capital raising and capital allocation.
Elena Ciallie, born on September 7, 1967, is a British and Italian national.
Hanwha Systems UK Ltd, represented by Joo Yong Chung*
Board Member
Member of the Strategy Committee
Joo-Yong Chung has a BA in Economics from Seoul National University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Ms. Chung joined Hanwha Group in August 2022 and is currently the Executive Vice President, Head of M&A at Hanwha Aerospace. She is responsible for the Group’s M&A, significant minority investments, bolt-on acquisitions and the deal flow’s implementation and post-merger integration. Over her 25-year career, she successfully drove complex transformational M&A deals and several landmark buyout transactions across a wide range of industries.
Before joining Hanwha Group, Ms. Chung was a buyout investment professional at the Carlyle Group, and subsequently, at MBK Partners, a leading North-Asian private equity and spin-off of the Carlyle Group. Before joining private equity, she worked at the Boston Consulting Group in the Seoul and Boston offices, and as a senior government official at the National Statistics Office in Korea.
Joo-Yong Chung, born on July 10th 1976, is a South Korean national.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Eutelsat Communications Executive Committee's members define and execute the Group's strategy whose principal directions are reviewed by the Board of Directors.
Eva Berneke
Chief Executive Officer
Board Member
Eva Berneke joined Eutelsat on 1st January 2022 as Chief Executive Officer. She is also a member of the Board.
Eva brings considerable experience of the Telecoms and Technology industries. She joins Eutelsat from KMD, Denmark's leading IT and software company, specialising in IT solutions and services for the public and private sector, and now part of the NEC Group. During her tenure she oversaw the transformation of KMD from a mainly government service provider to a modern, digital company competing in both the public and private sectors.
Prior to that Eva held several senior positions at TDC, formerly TeleDanmark, the largest telecommunications company in Denmark, notably as Head of Strategy and Head of the company’s Wholesale and Business divisions. Eva began her career at McKinsey where she developed a specialization in the TMT sectors and where she was based for 10 years at the group’s Paris offices.
Eva sits on the Boards of international groups Lego and Vestas Wind Systems as well as France’s Ecole Polytechnique. She is a graduate of Denmark’s Technical University, where she gained a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Anne Carron
Anne Carron joined Eutelsat in 2021, as Chief Human Resources Officer.
During an extensive and diverse career, she has supported the growth and transformation of companies; first as a Corporate and M&A lawyer at Linklaters, and subsequently within the Carrefour Group in the posts of Deputy Legal Director and latterly Human Resources Director. Anne was instrumental in enhancing the operational performance of Carrefour by leveraging HR strategies to reinforce the customer mind-set across the teams, support digitization and accompany the evolution of the company towards greater agility and collaboration. She left Carrefour to found the consultancy HR Mobiliwork, offering HR services aimed at developing the collaboration between large groups and start-ups.
Anne is a graduate in Business Administration of the ESSEC Business School, and obtained a Certificate in Artificial Intelligence from the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is also a member of the Paris Bar and an INSEAD Certified Director.
Christophe Caudrelier
Christophe Caudrelier joined Eutelsat as Chief Financial Officer, in December 2022.
Christophe joins Eutelsat from Tikehau Ace Capital Partners where he served as Operating Partner - Finance. Before joining Tikehau Ace Capital, Christophe, who started his career as an external auditor with Arthur Andersen, spent 17 years at Valeo where he held various positions in the US, Turkey, and the UK, including CFO of the Powertrain Systems Business Group before joining Naval Group as Group CFO in 2011. In 2015, he was appointed as CFO of the Bénéteau Group, and later COO in charge of finance and operational excellence.
Christophe is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (ESCP) Europe.
Joanna Darlington
Joanna Darlington joined Eutelsat in 2014 as Head of Investor Relations and subsequently occupied various positions including Corporate Communications, Chief Transformation Officer and CSR Officer. Previous roles outside Eutelsat include Partner in the Equity Advisory practises of KPMG and FGS Global. Joanna began her career in investment banking where she was notably Head of Equity Research at the European banks, ABN AMRO and BNP Paribas. Joanna sits on the Board of Directors of Ateme, the video content delivery specialist. A British national, Joanna is a graduate of the University of Cambridge.
Laurence Delpy
President of the Video Business Unit
Laurence Delpy joined Eutelsat as President of the Video Business Unit and member of the Executive Committee in September 2022. She brings with her an in-depth experience in business leadership in the Telecom industry, in both Asia and Europe.
She joins Eutelsat from Palo Alto Networks, a global cybersecurity leader, where she led their EMEA Service Providers business. Prior to that, Laurence managed Nokia’s mobile network business for the Asia-Pacific region and Japan, where she lived and worked for 25 years.
From 2012 to 2016, Laurence served as Vice President of Alcatel-Lucent’s mobile business in Asia and Deputy Vice President of the network business in China within their joint venture, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. From 2010 to 2012 she was Vice President and General Manager of the GSM product line. Prior to that, she held several sales positions in Telstra, Alcatel and Alcatel-Alstom in Australia, South Asia and France.
Laurence is an Independent Director of Soitec, an international company specialised in generating and manufacturing high performance semiconductor materials. She graduated from the École supérieure de gestion in Paris, France and holds a degree in Business Administration. She also holds a certificate in general administration from INSEAD in Singapore.
Cyril Dujardin
Cyril Dujardin was appointed General Manager of Eutelsat's Connectivity Business Unit (BU) in 2022 then became President of the Connectivity BU (known as Eutelsat OneWeb) following the merger of Eutelsat and OneWeb in 2023. He is a member of the Group's Executive Committee.
Before joining Eutelsat, Cyril Dujardin was SVP, Deputy Head of the Big Data & Security business line at Atos, after heading its cybersecurity and mission critical systems operations.
With a track record of more than 20 years in high-growth technology industries, Cyril Dujardin has run complex organisations experiencing various business cycles.
He also brings a strong international culture, having served as Managing Director of Sagem's Australian subsidiary and subsequently managed over 6,000 employees in some 40 countries.
Cyril Dujardin is a French national and a former auditor of the French Institute of Defence Studies (IHEDN). He graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ponts ParisTech.
Arlen Kassighian
Arlen Kassighian is Chief Engineering officer as of July 1st 2023 and is a member of the Group’s Executive Committee.
Arlen brings with him a wealth of experience in the space industry and operations. Arlen joined Eutelsat on 1 April 2001. He joined Eutelsat from Alcatel Space (now Thales Alenia Space) where he led the design and development of satellite observation payloads. Arlen has contributed to the design and deployment of most of Eutelsat’s satellites over the last 22 years, accompanying the many technological advances made by the space industry during this period. Based in California for 9 years, Arlen established Eutelsat’s procurement line from the US space industry and earned a globally recognised expertise. In the 2010s, working in the Silicon Valley ecosystem enabled him to closely observe the transformational changes in the space industry with the emergence of constellations and new generation space solutions.
On his return to Eutelsat headquarters, Arlen headed the Satellite Engineering & Operations organisation. From July 1st onwards, he became responsible for the End to End Engineering and Systems department (Space & Ground segments).
Arlen holds a degree in engineering physics from INP PHELMA in Grenoble, France. He also holds a DEA (postgraduate degree) in optics, optoelectronics and microwaves.
He is recognised throughout the industry for his extensive field experience and impressive network across the entire value chain: manufacturers, launchers, the full range of players in the ecosystem, including NewSpace start-ups, etc. He also stands out for his visionary skills and his passion for innovation which have been the driving force behind his many successful achievements in space technologies.
Mariam Kaynia
Mariam Kaynia was appointed as Chief Data and Information Officer (CDIO) in November 2024.
Mariam is a senior executive with broad experience in the telecom space across functions. She joined from Telefonica Germany, where she served various VP roles, leading among others architecture and strategy, data analytics, deliveries of B2C and B2P portfolios, application development and operations, and leading their company-wide digital transformation.
Prior to joining Telefonica in 2019, Mariam was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, as well as working as a professor and an expert reviewer for the European Commission. She was named in the "Top 50 Women in Technology in Germany" by Handelsblatt in 2021.
A Norwegian national, Mariam holds a Ph.D. in Wireless Communications and Electrical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, in affiliation with Stanford University.
Massimiliano Ladovaz
Massimiliano became Chief Operations Officer on the merger of Eutelsat with OneWeb in September 2023. Massimiliano leads the team responsible for all infrastructure-run activities, including Satellite Operations Centers (SOC), Network Operations Centers (NOC), Satellite Network Portals (SNPs), Teleports, PMO and Quality. Importantly Massimiliano also leads the completion of the LEO Gen1 service roll-out.
Previously at OneWeb, in his role as Chief Technology Officer, led the engineering teams, the design, manufacture and delivery of OneWeb’s satellites, launch programme, systems, ground and user terminal , R&D, as well as satellite operations. He was also responsible for the design of the next generation of system infrastructure aspiring to achieve outstanding technical solutions and innovation.
Massimiliano joined OneWeb in April 2018 and as part of the core executive team supported the fund-raising effort that successfully secured $1.25B in 2019 as well as the sales effort to HMG and Bharti and therefore exit from Chapter 11 in 2020.
Massimiliano was SVP, Space Segment & System Architecture at Inmarsat, leading the design, procurement and deployment of several multibillion US dollars programs and previously VP Spacecraft Platform Engineering and Launch Systems at SES. Massimiliano began his career at the European Space Agency and holds a Masters in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Rome.
Jean-Hubert Lenotte
Jean-Hubert Lenotte joined Eutelsat in September 2013, as the Group’s Director of Strategy, and became a member of the Executive Committee in 2016 as Director of Strategy and Strategic Marketing.
In June 2019, he also took charge of the Deployment Department and is responsible for Eutelsat’s satellite fleet, frequency management, resource planning and innovation. This newly revamped department is now known as the Strategy and Resources Department.
Jean-Hubert began his career at Bouygues where he was notably part of the project team that created Bouygues Telecom in 1994. He joined McKinsey & Company in Paris in 1997 and was elected Partner in 2004. In 2009, he headed the Consumer Service Line of McKinsey & Company in the global telecommunications, media and technology practice.
A Belgian national, he is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and holds a Masters degree in Economy and Finance from the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris.
Fabio Mando
Fabio Mando joined Eutelsat Group in November 2024 as Chief Operations Officer, based in our London office.
A seasoned telecoms executive with over 25 years’ experience spanning diverse geographies and market segments, Fabio’s career has included leadership roles at multiple telcos, most recently at Millicom, where he has demonstrated his expertise in technology strategy, network deployment, business transformation, and operational optimization in developed and emerging markets.
An Italian national, Fabio holds a Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Padova, Italy.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Eutelsat Communications is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A., the leading European satellite operator and one of the three top operators in the world.
