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ABS appoints Rigolle as CEO

ABS, the global satellite operator, has announced the appointment of Mark Rigolle as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 29th. Rigolle brings a wealth of experience in the satellite communications sector, having held positions with GEO, MEO and LEO satellite operators in various capacities. He will be based in ABS’ office in Dubai, […]

April 17, 2024

Dalet appoints Solanas as CEO

Dalet, a technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, has appointed Santiago Solanas as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Solanas brings a wealth of experience from a 30-year career at leading technology firms, including Cisco, Sage, Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft. As the CEO of PE-backed Grupo Primavera, Solanas most recently spearheaded the successful acquisition, […]

April 8, 2024

Edgio promotes Hinders to CEO

Edgio, the platform that develops and delivers online experiences, has announced that Todd Hinders has been promoted to the position of CEO, effective immediately. Hinders has also joined the company’s board of directors. Hinders takes over from Bob Lyons, who has resigned from his role as President and CEO and as a member of the […]

January 3, 2024

Sion named ArianeGroup CEO

As expected, André-Hubert Roussel has stepped down from the CEO role at ArianeGroup. His replacement is Martin Sion who has been appointed by the ArianeGroup Board of Directors as CEO, effective immediately. Sion, a member of the Board of Directors of ArianeGroup since April 2020, was previously CEO of Safran Electronics & Defense. Eric Dalbiès, […]

April 4, 2023By Chris Forrester

Atmosphere Series D funding; new CEO

Atmosphere, a specialist in streaming TV entertainment for businesses, has announced a new $65 million (€60.7m) Series D funding round, led by Sageview Capital, Valor Equity Partners and S3 Ventures. This newest round of funding follows an $80 million Series C financing led by Sageview Capital completed in December 2021. Atmosphere’s announcement comes as the […]

February 10, 2023

Richard steps down at Orange

Stéphane Richard is to step down as Chairman and CEO of French telco Orange. His resignation follows his conviction by a Paris appeal court of complicity of misuse of public funds. “Following the verdict reached by the Paris Appeal Court, the Orange group’s Board of Directors met today and took note of Stéphane Richard’s decision […]

November 25, 2021By Colin Mann

LG names Cho as CEO

LG Electronics has announced that William Cho, its Chief Strategy Officer, will also take on the responsibility of Chief Executive Officer from December 1st. LG’s top strategist since 2019, Cho was responsible for establishing LG’s Business Incubation Center and fostering new businesses opportunities in the form of in-house ventures as well as startup partners during […]

November 25, 2021

SES’s Kayser to retire

SES has revealed that Ferdinand Kayser, who has spent nearly 20 years at SES leading the video business and is presently the CEO of SES Video, has decided to retire at the end of 2020. The next six months will allow for a full and orderly transition of executive activities directly to Steve Collar, CEO […]

June 18, 2020