SES Announces Senior Leadership Team Changes
18 Juin 2020 - 08:12PM
Business Wire
Long-time SES employee Thai Rubin to succeed
John Purvis as Chief Legal Officer while Ferdinand Kayser, CEO of
SES Video, to retire at year end after nearly 20 years at the
company
SES today announced 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 of SES, who will
assume responsibility for SES’s Video business from 1 July 2020. In
addition to supporting the transition, Mr Kayser will take a
leading role in deepening SES’s activities across government and
institutions in Luxembourg and will continue to serve as Chairman
of both the SES Astra and GovSat boards.
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The company also announced that Thai Rubin, SES’s Executive Vice
President of Legal Services, will become the Chief Legal Officer as
of 1 July 2020, succeeding John Purvis who has decided to step back
from his current role for personal reasons, after having led SES’s
legal team for 13 years. Mr Purvis will remain an important member
of SES’s legal team on a part-time basis, reporting to Mr
Rubin.
Mr Rubin has been part of the SES Group since 2006. He joined
SES upon acquisition of New Skies Satellites and went on to serve
in management roles in both SES New Skies and SES World Skies. In
2011, Mr Rubin joined O3b Networks as General Counsel and served as
a key member of the leadership team through the successful launch,
commercialisation and ultimate acquisition of O3b by SES.
“Ferdinand and John have been vital to the success of SES during
the last two decades, and I cannot speak highly enough of the
incredible contributions that they have made over this period. For
the past 20 years, Ferdinand has been the driving force behind the
development of the world’s most successful global direct-to-home
(DTH) business, enabling everyone at SES to proudly say we
broadcast over 8,300 channels to serve over 367 million TV
households and 1 billion people. If anyone has earned the right to
a long and happy retirement it is Ferdinand. I am both grateful and
delighted that we will retain the knowledge, guidance and influence
of both Ferdinand and John as integral parts of SES, John as a
critical member of the legal team and Ferdinand in continuing to
lead the Astra and GovSat boards” said Collar. “Meanwhile, I am
excited to welcome Thai to the SES Senior Leadership Team. I have
worked with Thai for more than 20 years and he is one of the most
brilliant and committed executives I have come across. We are
fortunate to have such a great talent pool at SES and look forward
to working with Thai as we build an exciting future for SES.”
About SES
SES has a bold vision to deliver amazing experiences everywhere
on earth by distributing the highest quality video content and
providing seamless connectivity around the world. As the leader in
global content connectivity solutions, SES operates the world’s
only multi-orbit constellation of satellites with the unique
combination of global coverage and high performance, including the
commercially-proven, low-latency Medium Earth Orbit O3b system. By
leveraging a vast and intelligent, cloud-enabled network, SES is
able to deliver high-quality connectivity solutions anywhere on
land, at sea or in the air, and is a trusted partner to the world’s
leading telecommunications companies, mobile network operators,
governments, connectivity and cloud service providers,
broadcasters, video platform operators and content owners. SES’s
video network carries over 8,300 channels and has an unparalleled
reach of 367 million households, delivering managed media services
for both linear and non-linear content. The company is listed on
Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges (Ticker: SESG). Further
information is available at: www.ses.com.
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