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Eutelsat Announces Two Changes to Its Executive CommitteeRegulatory News: Eutelsat (News - Alert) Communications (Paris:ETL) (Euronext Paris: ETL) announces several changes to its Executive Committee, as part of a generational renewal of its management body. These changes will be effective as of 1 July this year. Philippe Oliva, aged 46, currently Executive Vice-President, Sales and Products, succeeds Michel Azibert as Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, he will be responsible for defining and supervising the commercial policy, as well as generating revenue for the Group. Jean-Hubert Lenotte, aged 51, currently Director of Strategy and Strategic Marketing, will also be taking charge of the Deployment Department and will be responsible for Eutelsat's satellite fleet, frequency management and resource planning. This newly revamped department will now be known as the Strategy and Resources Department. Michel Azibert will remain Deputy Chief Executive Officer and, in this role, will participate in all matters of importance to the Group. Previously Director of Deployment, Jacques Dutronc will become Director of Development, coordinating Group-wide business development projects. Michel Azibert, Jacques Dutronc, Jean-Hubert Lenotte and Philippe Oliva will report to Rodolphe Belmer, Group Chief Executive Officer, alongside the other members of the Executive Committee: Yohann Leroy, Julie Burguburu, Antoine Mingalon and Sandrine Téran. Philippe Oliva began his career as a consultant in the consultancy firm CIMAD, before joining IBM (News - Alert) in 1999, where he held several senior positions. These included head of Business Services France, then Vice President of the services offered by the Technological Inrastructure Department. He also coordinated the launch of the Cloud business and Hybrid Cloud services in France, then in the United States, where he spent several years. He held the position of Vice President in charge of strategic accounts at IBM before joining Eutelsat in September last year. Philippe is a French national and a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure des Ingénieurs Commerciaux. Jean-Hubert Lenotte began his career with the Bouygues Group, taking part in the creation of its subsidiary Bouygues Telecom in 1994. In 1997, he joined the McKinsey firm in Paris, where he was appointed Associate Director in 2004. In 2009, he joined McKinsey's global Telecommunications, Media and Technology Division, where he was in charge notably of consumer-related issues. He joined Eutelsat as Director of Strategy in 2013 and became a member of the Executive Committee in 2016 as Director of Strategy and Strategic Marketing. Jean-Hubert Lenotte is a Belgian national and an Ecole Polytechnique graduate. He holds a Master's degree in economy and finance from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. About Eutelsat Communications Created in 1977, Eutelsat Communications is one of the world's largest satellite operators. Thanks to its global satellite fleet and ground facilities, Eutelsat allows its clients operating on the Video, Data, Government Services and Stationary & Mobile Connectivity markets to efficiently establish all kinds of communications with their own clients, regardless of their location. Eutelsat broadcasts over 7,000 channels, operated by the major television Groups, to an audience comprising a billion television viewers equipped to receive satellite or connected to terrestrial networks. Based in Paris, Eutelsat relies on a network of offices and teleports all around the globe. Its teams, made up of a thousand employees from 46 different countries, work hard each day to offer a very high-quality service. Eutelsat Communications is listed on the Paris stock exchange (Euronext Paris) under the symbol 'ETL'. To find out more about Eutelsat, visit www.eutelsat.com www.eutelsat.com - Follow us on Twitter (News - Alert) @Eutelsat_SA View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190628005166/en/ |
