Regulatory News:
Eutelsat Communications (Paris:ETL) (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) has appointed Leonard Wapler as Chief Financial Officer of Eutelsat Americas, based in Mexico City. Leonard joined Eutelsat in May 2011 and has been Head of Investor Relations since 2013. As Financial Business Manager, his assignments have also included the Satmex acquisition financing. Prior to Eutelsat, he was a Corporate Relationship Manager at the Royal Bank of Scotland, and worked in auditing and transaction advisory services at PwC and Ernst & Young. He is a graduate of HEC (Paris), the French business school.
Joanna Darlington will become Eutelsat’s Head of Investor Relations on 1September, reporting to the CFO, Antoine Castarède. She joins Eutelsat from the Corporate Advisory Group of KPMG Makinson Cowell. Previously, she was head of European equity research at BNP Paribas and head of Pan-European research at ABN AMRO Hoare Govett. Joanna is a graduate of the University of Cambridge.
Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat Chairman and CEO, commented: “Leonard’s appointment to Eutelsat Americas will further strengthen its management team, led by Patricio Northland, while reinforcing the alignment of the group’s practices. We are delighted to welcome Joanna, whose extensive financial markets experience will enhance our communication with the investment community.”
About Eutelsat Communications
Established in 1977, Eutelsat
Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is
one of the world's leading and most experienced operators of
communications satellites. The company provides capacity on 37
satellites to clients that include broadcasters and broadcasting
associations, pay-TV operators, video, data and Internet service
providers, enterprises and government agencies. Eutelsat’s satellites
provide ubiquitous coverage of Europe, the Middle East, Africa,
Asia-Pacific and the Americas, enabling video, data, broadband and
government communications to be established irrespective of a user’s
location. Headquartered in Paris, with offices and teleports around the
globe, Eutelsat represents a workforce of 1,000 men and women from 32
countries who are experts in their fields and work with clients to
deliver the highest quality of service.
For more about Eutelsat
please visit www.eutelsat.com
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Contacts:
Press
Vanessa O’Connor,
Tel: + 33 1 53 98 37 91
voconnor@eutelsat.com
or
Frédérique
Gautier, Tel: + 33 1 53 98 37 91
fgautier@eutelsat.com
or
Marie-Sophie
Ecuer, Tel: + 33 1 53 98 37 91
mecuer@eutelsat.com
or
Investors
and analysts
Leonard Wapler, Tel. : +33 1 53 98 35 30
lwapler@eutelsat.com
or
Cédric
Pugni, Tel. : +33 1 53 98 35 30
cpugni@eutelsat.com