Eutelsat has appointed Antoine Castarède as CFO, and nominated Raphaël Mussalian as CTO and David Bair (former CTO) as CEO of Eutelsat America.
Castarède will join Eutelsat on September 1 as the Group’s CFO. With over 20 years experience of financial management in the telecoms and high-tech industries, in France and internationally, he comes to Eutelsat from Oger Telecom, where he has been CFO since 2006, based in Dubai.
Following Antoine’s appointment, Ariane Rossi, director of accounting, controlling and corporate finance, and currently acting CFO, will become deputy CFO.
Eutelsat also announces that Raphaël Mussalian is appointed CTO, succeeding David Bair who is moving to Washington DC as the new CEO of Eutelsat America. David will succeed Ron Samuel who will continue in an advisory role after 17 years at Eutelsat, of which 11 as CEO of Eutelsat America.
Over his 28-year career at Eutelsat, Raphaël has built vast experience in driving the Group’s significant in-orbit expansion programme. David, who joined the company in 2010, will contribute his long and successful track record in the US space and defence industries to the continued development of Eutelsat America’s activities.
Eutelsat CEO, Michel de Rosen, said: “With these appointments, Eutelsat is actively optimising its wealth of existing expertise. We are also injecting highly relevant talent and experience into our Company thanks to Antoine’s experience as CFO in the telecom industry and in emerging markets. These combined skills will be of significant value as we pursue our ambition to expand and diversify our competence in the constant quest to serve our customers and attract new users to Eutelsat.”
