Asia-Pacific - Executive Moves


Petah Tikva, Israel, May 20, 2024
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT), a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced today that Nicole Robinson has been appointed as President of DataPath.
Ibadan, May 20, 2024 

Astroscale U.S. Inc. has announced the appointment of Janna Lewis as Senior Vice President of Policy and General Counsel, effective immediately. Based in Washington D.C., Lewis will consequently provide strategic legal and policy direction to facilitate Astroscale U.S.’s growth and ensure compliance with evolving regulations. Furthermore, she will guide the company in the areas of corporate law and governance, contracts, intellectual property and domestic policy, and she will serve on the Astroscale U.S. Board of Directors as Secretary.

Chantilly, Va., May 9, 2024
 /PRNewswire/ -- LightRidge Solutions, a leading provider of U.S. space and defense technologies, has appointed Lorin Hattrup as president and general manager of the company's Trident Systems (Trident) business unit. The addition of Lorin and his extensive operations experience will bolster LightRidge and Trident's efforts in expanding their infrastructure, facilities, workforce, leadership, and capabilities to meet rapidly growing customer demand across the space and defense arenas.
Stockholm, Sweden, May 2, 2024
Viktor Bremer has worked at Ovzon since 2021, most recently in the position as Group Finance Manager. During these years, he has had a central role in Ovzon’s enterprise wide finance function. Viktor has extensive experience from central finance functions, including positions as Financial, Business, Treasury Controller and Interim CFO at both listed and unlisted companies.
Paris, France, April 30, 2024

Eutelsat Group (ISIN: FR0010221234 – Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange: ETL) announced today that Kevin Steen has been appointed by the Eutelsat America Corp. (EAC) Board of Directors to the position of President and CEO of EAC. He will also continue his existing role as President and CEO of OneWeb Technologies (OWT). EAC and OWT completed their combination earlier this year and will go to market as a single EAC entity.

Dubai, UAE, April 16, 2024 
Satellite operator Agility Beyond Space (ABS) announce the appointment of Mark Rigolle as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 29, 2024.
Herndon, Va., April 12, 2024

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Steisslingen, Germany , April 11, 2024

SatService announced that Oliver Vogel, a proven expert in sales and business development of hardware and software products for satellite ground segment applications, has joined its 'sat-nms' sales team as Director of Sales and Business Development effective last  April 1st 2024.

London, UK, April 3, 2024
Global private equity firm NewSpace Capital has announced the appointment of seasoned investor Hassan Karimi as an Industry Advisory Board member. Hassan, who co-founded the Dubai-based asset management firm KHK & Partners, brings more than 18 years of global investment experience.
Broomfield, Colorado, April 3, 2024
Kayhan Space has appointed seasoned military and space intel veteran Mark Mueller as Vice President of Government Growth to lead the company’s development and delivery of Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and Action, plus Offensive and Defensive Space Control solutions for a range of classified and unclassified Government missions.