SAT-GE Announces New
Executive Team
(19 June 2007) SAT-GE, the newly
announced satellite operator in the Pacific region, has today completed the
appointment of its leadership team. Drawing on key executives from the industry
across the globe, SAT-GE will be managed by corporate executives from its
holding group, GE International Holdings Inc.
SAT-GE's
Management Team:
Operations will be managed from Singapore
and Sydney by Andrew Jordan, who joins SAT-GE after 5 years with Loft
Communications, where he was founder and Managing Director. Andrew has over 16
years experience in the satellite industry and has held senior executive
management positions in AsiaSat, PanAmSat and Measat.
"GE-23 is a unique
asset for SAT-GE, ideally positioned between North America and East Asia. It
can be used to deliver content and services in and around the Pacific basin.
With the forthcoming Olympics in China it is the ideal platform on which to
transport video coverage of this important event in Asia" said Andrew Jordan,
General Manager and VP Sales, "I am really looking forward to the challenge of
making SAT-GE a success and delivering strong growth for the
business".
Andrew will be supported by David Crenshaw who has
responsibility for sales in North America. David brings over 20 years of
industry experience to the job having held previous senior and executive
appointments in sales and business development for companies such as Intelsat,
Spacenet, iBeam Broadcasting and Compression Labs.
Certain members of
the team also have executive responsibilities in the management of Satlynx, the
satellite managed services provider, based in Luxembourg and another business
within GE International Holdings Inc. Satlynx offers corporate networking,
wholesale broadband and managed services across the globe and is a customer of
SAT-GE for satellite capacity over the Pacific region.
"Although there
is commonality between Satlynx and SAT-GE, we are running them as separate
businesses," said Paul Heinerscheid, President & CEO, SAT-GE. "For cost
efficiency reasons it makes sense to subcontract organisational and support
functions to Satlynx where we have a fully functional and self-contained
business. Operationally, SAT-GE and Satlynx are very different and sales and
accounting separation will be maintained between the businesses".
SAT-GE
has offices in both Singapore and North America (Washington DC) and employs a
team of talented professionals with substantial experience in the
industry.
(source: SAT-GE)