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Eutelsat Communications — Board/Management Information 2009
May 11, 2009
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Board/Management Information
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PR/26/09
SYLVIE LALLEMENT JOINS EUTELSAT COMMUNICATIONS AS GENERAL COUNSEL
Paris, 11 May 2009
Giuliano Berretta, Chairman and CEO of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced the nomination of Sylvie Lallement as Group General Counsel and member of the Group's Executive Committee. She succeeds Philippe McAllister who has left the Group to pursue other professional opportunities.
Sylvie Lallement joins Eutelsat Communications from the post of Group General Counsel at Altran Technologies, a European leader in innovation consulting, which she joined in 2003. From 1995 to 2003 she was General Counsel of Alcatel Business Systems, having worked from 1990 to 1995 as International Counsel of Alcatel at its company headquarters.
Aged 49, and of French nationality, Sylvie Lallement graduated in law from King's College London and Harvard Law School and holds a Masters in French and English law from the Université Paris I. She began her career in 1985 as a lawyer in the Corporate Department of the New York offices of Debevoise & Plimpton.
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 27 satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues. At 31 December 2008, Eutelsat's satellites were broadcasting more than 3,200 television channels and 1,100 radio stations. Almost 1,100 channels broadcast via its HOT BIRD™ video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East which serves over 120 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Group's satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and for transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates services through its teleport in Italy that serves enterprises, local communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ 591 commercial, technical and operational experts from 28 countries.
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| Press contacts | ||
| Vanessa O'Connor | Tel: + 33 1 53 98 38 88 | [email protected] |
| Frédérique Gautier | Tel: + 33 1 53 98 38 88 | [email protected] |
| Investor relations | ||
| Gilles Janvier | Tel: + 33 1 53 98 35 30 | [email protected] |