Martin Ornass-Kubacki is currently Vice President & Chief Regional Officer, CEE, SES Video, SES.
Martin joined SES Astra at the beginning of 2003 and initially served as a Managing Director of Astra Central Eastern Europe (CEE), which at that time was based in Vienna, Austria.
With responsibility for five countries (Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia) he and his team were responsible for SES Astra business development, presales, marketing and the PR operation across the region. Since the merger of Astra CEE and Astra Polska, Astra has operated in the region under the Astra Central Eastern Europe brand, with a regional office hub in Warsaw. Since the middle of 2010 the responsibilities of Astra Central Eastern Europe were extended and now the Warsaw office serves the Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian and Balkan region, which Martin heads as a Vice President and Chief Regional Officer for the entire operation.
Martin has over 17 years of media industry experience (in production, editorial, as well as the distribution side), with a strong background in Central and Eastern Europe. Starting his career with EBN TV in London, he was then employed by At Entertainment Inc., a company which founded and co-owned the first DTH platform in Central Eastern Europe (Polish Wizja TV). As a Managing Director of the first thematic, digital sport channel (Wizja Sport) he and his team were responsible for the entire set up of the pioneering project. Later on he worked for UPC Direct in Poland, where apart of being Managing Director of Wizja Sport he was also involved in content aggregation and production across the entire Wizja TV platform. He also became a member of the supervisory board of the affiliated content company Wizja TV Programming.
Martin studied Visual Communication at HdK in Berlin and Culture Management at Hagen University and holds a Masters degree in Visual Communication.