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Ledbury, Herefordshire, UK, January 7, 2020-The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has appointed Helen Weedon as Managing Director. The appointment marks significant restructuring of the innovation forum. Helen succeeds Martin Coleman who will commence as a member of the group’s advisory board.

Houston, TX, January 6,  2019-RigNet today announced that effective immediately, Errol Olivier joins RigNet as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Reporting directly to President and Chief Executive Officer Steven Pickett, Mr. Olivier will be responsible for all customer-facing functions, including Sales, Sales Engineering, Service Delivery, Bids and Proposals, and the company’s Global Network Operations Centers.

Tel Aviv, Israel, January 3, 2020--Itzhak Shnaiberg has been appointed Acting CEO of Spacecom by the company’s Board of Directors, following the retirement of former CEO David Pollack on January 1, 2020. Shnaiberg, Spacecom’s Deputy CEO since 2008, was among the company’s founding management team.

Ottawa, Canada, December 12, 2019 – Telesat announced today that Andrew Brownehas been appointed the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Reporting to President and CEO, Dan Goldberg, Andrew will serve on Telesat’s Executive Management Team and be based in the company’s headquarters in Ottawa. 

Denver, Colo., Dec. 11, 2019—BridgeComm, Inc., a profvider of optical wireless communications (OWC) solutions and services, today announced that Michael Abad-Santos has joined the company as senior vice president of business development and strategy. Abad-Santos’ 20-plus years of telecommunications and satellite experience will help BridgeComm grow its global market share of the commercial and government sector.

Hackettstown, NJ, December 10, 2019 -Vislink Technologies announced today that Stephen Rudd has joined Vislink as Vice President of Satcom sales and Business Development. In this role, Stephen will be responsible for driving worldwide revenues for the company’s satellite communications product offerings, by developing and implementing growth strategies, informing product development and establishing key client relationships in broadcast, military and government markets.

Evry, France, December 9, 2019--Arianespace today announced the appointment of Gregory Gavroy as its Senior Vice President - Brand and Communications, effective January 13, 2020. He will be responsible for Arianespace’s internal and external communications and brand strategy. He succeeds Isabelle Veillon, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.

Petah Tikva, Israel, December 2, 2019 — Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT), a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announced today that Slava Frayter has joined the company as its Regional Vice President, North America.

November 19, 2019, Santa Clarita, Calif.– LYNX Technik Inc., the Americas operation of LYNX Technik AG, a global manufacturer of award-winning signal processing solutions for broadcast and ProAV announces that Abner Figuereo has joined the team as Vice President of Business Development. Abner will be responsible for driving revenue, expanding the customer base and strategic partnerships within the Americas region, working closely with customers as well as the dealer network.

Thomas Van den Driessche	Frederik Simoens

Herndon, Va., November 18, 2019–ST Engineering iDirect has named Thomas Van den Driessche and Frederik Simoens to pivotal executive leadership roles following ST Engineering’s successful acquisition of Newtec Group NV. Thomas Van den Driessche has been appointed the President of the Executive Strategic Board and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Frederik Simoens has been appointed to the role of Chief Technology Officer.