Management
SES is managed through an Executive Committee whose members are:
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Romain Bausch
President and CEO, SES
Joined SES as CEO in May 1995
Chairman of the Executive Committee of SES
Chairman of the Board of Directors of SES ASTRA, SES AMERICOM and SES NEW SKIES
Chairman of the Board of Directors of SES SIRIUS
Previous appointments:
Administrator General in the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance
Member of the Board of Directors of Société Européenne des Satellites (SES)
Vice-Chairman of SES’ Board of Directors
Chairman of Société Nationale de Crédit et d'Investissement
Government Commissioner to Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT)
Government Commissioner to Banque Internationale à Luxembourg
Chairman of the Economic and Social Council (Luxembourg)Education :
Master of Arts in Economics and Business Administration, University of Nancy (France)
Other:
Luxembourgish national, born July 3rd, 1953
Married and father of two daughters
Leisure interests: Literature and sports activities -
Robert Bednarek
President and CEO, SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES
Previous appointments:
Executive Vice-President Corporate Development, SES GLOBAL
Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer, PanAmSat Corporation
Senior Vice-President, Engineering and Operations, PanAmSat Corporation
Co-founder and partner of Rubin, Bednarek & Associates
Deputy Chief Scientist of the US Corporation for Public BroadcastingEducation:
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Florida
Other:
U.S. national, born October 6, 1957
Board Member, American Astronautics Society -
Ferdinand Kayser
President and CEO, SES ASTRA
Previous appointments:
Managing Director of Kirch Pay Co Holding and Premiere Medien GmbH and Co. KG
Managing Director of Premiere Medien GmbH and Co. KG
Executive Vice-President, Member of the Management Board, responsible for all TV activities RTL
Senior Vice-President at CLT MultimediaEducation:
Masters of Economics, University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne
Other:
Luxembourgish national, born July 4, 1958
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Mark Rigolle
Chief Financial Officer, SES
Joined SES in August 2004
Previous appointments:
Group Controller, Belgacom
Chief Financial Officer, Belgacom
Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer, Belgacom
General Manager of Group Business Development, Belgacom
Corporate Account Officer, Sanwa Bank
Education:
Degree in Economic Science from the Catholic University Leuven
Other:
British and Belgian nationalities, born 1965
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Martin Halliwell
President SES ENGINEERING
Joined SES in 1987
Previous appointments
General Manager Global Multimedia Networks of SES (1998)
Technical Director of SES Multimedia (1997)
SES Operations Manager (1991)Education
BA in Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering and an MBA, specializing in the external environment and strategic management, University of London
Other
British national
Married, father of one daughter
Leisure interests: electric bass, motorcycling, racing, football, reading