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Eutelsat Communications — Board/Management Information 2011
Jan 24, 2011
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Board/Management Information
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PR/07/11
EDOUARD SILVERIO JOINS EUTELSAT COMMUNICATIONS AS GROUP GENERAL COUNSEL
Paris, 24 January 2011
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced the appointment of Edouard Silverio as Group General Counsel and Company Secretary. He succeeds Sylvie Lallement, former Group General Counsel, who has left the Group to pursue other professional opportunities.
Edouard Silverio comes to Eutelsat Communications from Club Méditerranée, which he joined in 2002 as Group General Counsel, assuming the additional function of Company Secretary in January 2007. Prior to Club Méditerranée, he was Legal Counsel for France, Africa and the Middle East at Matra Nortel Communications/Nortel Networks. From 1990 to 1994 he worked in the international legal division of Lagardère in telecommunications, space and defence activities, which he integrated from Axa as a Legal Division Head from 1983 to 1990.
Aged 52, and a French national, Edouard Silverio graduated in law from Paris X (Nanterre) and holds a DESS in Finance from the Université Paris I (Sorbonne). He also holds an MBA from the Centre de Perfectionnement aux Affaires (Groupe HEC).
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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 30 September 2010, Eutelsat's satellites were broadcasting more than 3,700 television channels. More than 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 access to high speed internet services through teleports in France and Italy that serve enterprises, local communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ 660 commercial, technical and operational experts from 28 countries.
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