SES - Key Persons

Adel Al-Saleh - CEO

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With more than 30 years of experience working in senior management roles at leading IT and telecommunication companies, Adel Al-Saleh was appointed Chief Executive Officer of SES in February 2024. Adel joined SES from T-Systems, the IT subsidiary of leading European Telecommunication provider Deutsche Telekom, where he was CEO since 2018. He was also a Board Member of Deutsche Telekom. Before that, he was the CEO for Northgate Information Solutions (NIS) Group from 2011-2018. Adel also held a variety of senior leadership roles at IMS Health and IBM for the first 25 years of his professional life. Adel graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and holds a Master of Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University. Adel is a US and UK national.

David Fields

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Global Head of Space & Defense

David Fields was appointed Global Head of Space & Defense in April 2023 where he is responsible for SES's government business on a worldwide basis. David is also the President and CEO of SES's wholly-owned subsidiary -- SES Space & Defense - that is focused on delivering satellite-based ICT solutions to the US Government and is operating under a proxy Board. With a proven track record in innovation and growing government business, David joined the SES Group in 2022 from Leonardo's DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (GES) Senior Leadership Team where he was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for six years. Born in the US, David has over 30 years' experience in the satellite communications and Information Technology (IT) industry where he successfully combined his engineering background with a strong business acumen, and served in a variety of executive management roles with Contel, GTE/Verizon, Dyncorp International, SES Americom Government Services and Verestar.

Dr Xavier Bertrán

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Chief Product & Innovation Officer

Fabien Loeffler

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Interim Head of People & Culture

Françoise Thoma

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Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

Greg Orton

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Chief M & a and Development Officer

John-Paul Hemingway - Chief Commercial Officer

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Chief Commercial Officer

Milton Torres - CTO

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Chief Technology Officer

Mr Carlo Fassbinder

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Director

Mr Carlo Fassbinder became a director on 7 April 2022. Mr Fassbinder has 25 years of experience in the field of taxation, finance and accounting and is Director of tax at the Ministry of Finance since 2017. He advises the finance minister on tax policies and tax treaties, and assists in the preparation of the Council meeting (ECOFIN). From 1997 to 2017 he worked in the tax department of BGL BNP Paribas where he was Head of Tax Retail & Corporate Banking since 2011. Mr. Fassbinder is also a board member of Société Electrique de l'Our. He holds a Maîtrise en droit des affaires from Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg and a Magister Legum (LL.M.) in tax law from Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. Mr Fassbinder is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of SES. Mr. Fassbinder is a Luxembourg national. He is not an independent director because he represents an important shareholder.

Mr Frank Esser - Chairman

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Chairman of the Board

Mrs Anne-Catherine Ries

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Director
Chairman of the Nomination Committee Vice - Chairperson of the Board
Vice - Chairperson of the Board Chairperson of the Nomination Committee

Mrs Ries became a director on 1 January 2015 and was elected as Vice-Chairperson of the Board for the first time on 4 April 2019. She was re-elected as Vice-Chairperson of the Board on 7 April 2022. Mrs Ries is currently First Government Advisor to the Prime Minister in Luxembourg, in charge of media, telecom and digital policy. Prior to this appointment in 2019, her focus over the last two decades has consistently been on developing the tech and digital innovation ecosystem in Luxembourg, i.a. through the launch of the "Digital Luxembourg" initiative in 2014. Mrs Ries holds a law degree from the University of Paris II and the University of Oxford, and a postgraduate LL.M degree from the London School of Economics. Mrs Ries is the Chairperson of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of SES. Mrs Ries is a Luxembourg and French national. She is not an independent director because she represents an important shareholder.