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Paris,France, May 5, 2025 - As Eutelsat (ISIN: FR0010221234 - Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange) moves into the next phase after the integration with OneWeb and fully aligned with an IRIS2 future, Eutelsat announces the appointment of Jean-François Fallacher as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The appointment was decided at a Board Meeting held on May 4th, 2025, upon the recommendation of the Nomination and Governance Committee, and will be effective on June 1st, 2025. 

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,  May 5, 2025 - Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF company and Saudi Arabia’s leading commercial space services provider, today announced the appointment of Mr. Aurélien Fougerard as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). His appointment marks a key addition to NSG’s growing world-class leadership team, reinforcing the company’s position as a national champion in the Kingdom’s dynamic space and satellite ecosystem according to the company. 

Pfaffikon, Switzerland, May 2, 2025- Effective April 1st, 2025, iKO Media Group (iKOMG)  announced the appointment of Fancesco Cataldo, a distinguished industry expert, as its new Chairman. Cataldo brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in broadcasting, media, and telecommunications.  Satellite Markets and Research spoke to Cataldo on his new role. Excerpts of the interview follows:

Paris, France, May 1, 2025--Arianespace announced the appointment of Olivier Ricouart as Chief Technical Officer, starting May 1, 2025. He also joins the company’s Executive Committee.

Munich, Germany,  May 1, 2025 – Rivada Space Networks has expanded its EMEA Team with the appointment of Mustafa Afifi as Sales Director for the Middle East region. Mr. Afifi will focus on sectors including Telcos, Regional Satellite Operators and Satellite Resellers/Integrators, providing the most demanding enterprise and government customers with Rivada’s highly secure, high-bandwidth, global connectivity network.

Munich, Germany, April 30, 2025 – Rivada Space Networks has expanded its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) team with the appointment of Mustafa Afifi as Sales Director for the Middle East region. Afifi will focus on sectors including Telcos, Regional Satellite Operators and Satellite Resellers/Integrators, providing the most demanding enterprise and government customers with Rivada’s highly secure, high-bandwidth, global connectivity network.

Denver, Colo., April 29, 2025 -- Astroscale U.S. Inc.,has named retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Wesley ‘Wes’ Norris as its new Vice President of Business Development for National Security — to meet the increasing demand for space mobility, logistics, and servicing capabilities across U.S. defense and intelligence agencies. 

Houston, Tex, April 25, 2025 – Axiom Space, announced today the appointment of Tejpaul Bhatia as its Chief Executive Officer. Bhatia takes over after serving as Chief Revenue Officer for the company over the past four years and replaces previous CEO, Executive Chairman, and Co-founder Dr. Kam Ghaffarian. Ghaffarian will continue as Executive Chairman of Axiom Space.

Arlington, Va., April 22, 2025--Telesat Government Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telesat (Nasdaq and TSX: TSAT), today announced the appointment of Ronald Thompson Jr., Colonel (retired), USAF, as Vice President of Telesat Government Solutions Growth. In this strategic role, Thompson will function as the chief growth officer, leading the business growth strategies and business development team for the company, with a mission of expanding the government user community for the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network.

Houston, Tex.,  April 16, 2025 – Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies Inc (EACOWT), which operate as a wholly owned independent U.S. proxy company and subsidiary of Eutelsat Group, today announced the appointment of Joe Uglialoro as chief operating officer (COO) and general counsel (GC), and Chris Hetmanski as chief technology officer (CTO), effective immediately.