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Accountability, agility, respect and excellence. These key values shape the way we work, from the top of the organisation down.

Our greatest strength is our unique vision and the world-leading expertise of our people. Our Executive Team drives the implementation of the Group’s strategy led by our CEO, Rajeev Suri. Our Board provides the overarching support to the Executive to deliver a successful business for the benefit of shareholders, employees and our partners.

  • Rajeev Suri
    Chief Executive Officer

    Rajeev was appointed as Inmarsat’s Chief Executive Officer in March 2021. He joined Inmarsat from Nokia, where he was most recently President and Chief Executive Officer. From 2009 to 2014 Rajeev was Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Solutions and Networks. During his tenure as CEO, he transformed Nokia into a top two telecommunications infrastructure company, led the consolidation of the sector from ten to three major players, positioned Nokia as a leader in a world connected by 5G and shaped by increasing digitalisation and automation. Under his leadership, Nokia acquired the networks businesses of Siemens, Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, including the famed Bell Labs, successfully expanded into enterprise vertical markets, created the world’s leading standalone telecom software business, significantly grew the annual recurring revenue patent licensing business and engineered the return of the Nokia brand to mobile phones.

    Rajeev has lived and worked in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. In March 2021, he was reappointed as a Commissioner of the United Nations Broadband Commission. He was Co-Chair of the digitalisation task force for the B20 and member of various digital and healthcare committees at the World Economic Forum. Rajeev was a member of the Chinese Premier’s Global CEO Council from 2014 to 2020, a recipient of China’s Marco Polo award; the highest honour awarded to an international business person from the Chinese government. Rajeev is an engineering graduate in Electronics and Communications and has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Manipal University. 

  • Philip Balaam
    President, Aviation

    Responsibilities

    Phil is responsible for delivering the Aviation Business Unit’s business plan in line with its growth strategy. This includes secure cockpit communications, business aviation and commercial airline cabin connectivity.

    Previous roles include

    • Inmarsat Chief Strategy Officer (2016 – 2017)
    • Asiasat VP, Strategy, Business development and Sales (2011 – 2016)
    • Arianespace Sales Director and various roles (1998 – 2011)

  • Tony Bates
    Chief Financial Officer

    Responsibilities

    Tony is responsible for the financial management of the Group including planning, control, capital structure and investor relations, the provision of financial and commercial support to decision makers across the Group, and a financial operations service.

    Previous roles include

    • Group CFO of YellGroup Plc (hibu plc); 
    • Group CFO and then COO of ColtGroup S.A.; 
    • Group Finance Director at EMI plc.

  • Jat Brainch
    Chief Commercial and Product Officer 

    Responsibilities

    Jat is responsible for Inmarsat’s evolving commercial and product strategy and roadmap to improve business performance and commercial operations. In her role, she focuses heavily on customer insight to ensure the company continues to lead the industry in advanced, customer-centric products and commercial services that are designed specifically for mobility and Government users. 

    Previous roles include

    • Inmarsat SVP, Group Commercial Management (2019-2021)
    • Group Commercial Finance Director at BMI Group (2018-2019)
    • Senior roles in telecoms and technology brands including Logica Group PLC (now part of CGI), Telefonica Europe PLC and T-Mobile (UK) Ltd

  • Mike Carter
    President, Enterprise

    Responsibilities

    Mike leads a team focused on the provision of satellite connectivity and business solutions to land-based businesses. Prior to his appointment he filled a number of roles in Global Government and Enterprise Business Units.

    Previous roles include

    • At Inmarsat: various Global Government and Enterprise (2016 - 2019); 
    • G4S, MD and COO Risk Management (2013 - 2015); 
    • CEO, Social Care Charity (2011-12); 
    • British Army (1980-2010).

  • Natasha Dillon
    Chief People Officer

    Responsibilities

    Natasha is responsible for creating and implementing Inmarsat’s people strategy, including developing excellent leadership, building an effective and capable organisation, delivering a compelling employee value proposition for our people and driving strong performance.

    Previous roles include

    • Korn Ferry Hay Group, Senior Client Partner (2015 – 2016); 
    • Hay Group, Associate Director (2012 – 2015); 
    • Ernst and Young, Senior Manager / Manager (2010 – 2012); 
    • BP, various commercial and HR roles (1997 – 2009).

  • Barry French
    Chief Marketing & Communications Officer

    Barry was appointed as Inmarsat’s Chief Marketing & Communications Officer in April 2021. An award-winning, multi-industry leader in communications, marketing and corporate affairs, he joins Inmarsat from Nokia, where he was Chief Marketing Officer from 2014-2020. During his time at the company, Barry was responsible for fundamentally repositioning Nokia Siemens Networks as a ‘mobile networks specialist’, rebuilding the Nokia brand, amplifying its value by >4X, and strengthening financial communications. He pioneered an award-winning sustainability programme and was a key member of the executive leadership team that drove the Alactel-Lucent acquisition.

    Barry started his career in the world of political consulting in the United States and has worked at companies including the Sawyer/Miller Group, Dell, Raytheon, United Airlines and Nokia. A Political Science graduate, Barry holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York.

    At Inmarsat, Barry is responsible for Inmarsat’s marketing, communications and government affairs with a remit to sharpen customer focus, drive customer engagement and revenue generation to the next level, ensure Inmarsat is an effective and engaged participant in key policy discussions, and further enhance employee engagement. 

  • Peter Hadinger
    Chief Technology Officer

    Responsibilities

    Peter became CTO in 2018. He leads the engineering teams responsible for delivering Inmarsat’s future satellites, network infrastructure, terminal technologies and spectrum resources. CTO delivers the differentiated and reliable global communications capabilities that make a difference in the lives of our customers and ensure that Inmarsat remains a leader in enabling the connected world.

    Previous roles include

    • Inmarsat, President U.S. Government Business Unit (2013 – 2018); 
    • Inmarsat, VP GX Government (2011 – 2013); 
    • TRW Northrop Grumman Space, leadership roles in Engineering and Business Development (1981 – 2011).

  • Alison Horrocks
    Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Company Secretary

    Responsibilities

    Alison is responsible for Group wide risk management, global compliance, corporate governance, group legal, market access and regulatory policy. She acts as Company Secretary to the Board and its Committees. She is a member of the Executive Management Team and Chairman of the Trustee Company for the Inmarsat UK pension plans. Alison also manages our teams in India and China and covering Russia, the Stans and Turkey. 

    Previous roles include

    • Group Company Secretary of International Public Relations plc, a worldwide public relations company, for 11 years prior to joining Inmarsat.

  • Todd McDonell
    President, Global Government

    Responsibilities

    Todd is responsible for leading and driving Inmarsat’s government business in all regions of the world outside of the USA. This includes developing strategies that deliver greater operational capability to governments and providing holistic solutions that meet government telecommunications requirements.

    Previous roles include

    • Inmarsat, VP Global Government Solutions 2013 – 2018; 
    • TC Communications, CEO 2003 – 2013.

  • Susan Miller
    CEO, Inmarsat Government, Inc

    Responsibilities

    Susan is responsible for defining and implementing the overall strategy of expanding Inmarsat’s leadership position across U.S. defense, intelligence, homeland security and civilian organisations; delivering innovative customised, secure communication capabilities to land, maritime and aero users; meeting mission-critical connectivity needs around the world. Inmarsat Government manages a robust partnership programme that includes working with best-of-breed channel partners to deliver Inmarsat’s reliable satellite communication services and solutions to U.S. government end users worldwide.

    Previous roles include

    • MTN Satellite Communications, Executive VP, Strategy and Corporate Development (2012-2013); 
    • Spacenet Integrated Government Solutions, Inc., CEO (2009 – 2012); 
    • SkyTerra, Inc., Senior VP, Satellite Services (2007 – 2009); 
    • Intelsat General Corp., President and Chairman of the Board (2002 – 2006).

  • Jason Smith
    Chief Operations Officer

    Responsibilities

    Jason is responsible for Inmarsat’s global operations and service delivery, including the satellite fleet and ground network, business and IT systems, business transformation programmes, global service delivery and distribution, assuring the quality of service and customer experience excellence.

    Previous roles include

    • Rolls-Royce: President Nuclear/COO Nuclear/ President Submarines (2009 – 2015); 
    • AWE: Deputy Managing Director/Programme and Business Management Director (2000 – 2009).

  • Ronald Spithout
    President, Maritime

    Responsibilities

    Ronald is responsible for Inmarsat’s maritime business and its global commercial strategy and execution in merchant marine, offshore energy, fishing, passengers and leisure markets. Based on a strategy of customer intimacy and channel engagement the Maritime Business Unit is effectively driving themes of ‘Digitalisation at Sea’ and ‘the Connected Vessel’ to deliver long-term sustainable growth for Inmarsat in the sector.

    Previous roles include

    • Inmarsat, President Enterprise Business (2012 – 2014);
    • StratosGlobal, Senior Vice President Global Marketing and Sales (2006 – 2011).

  • Andrew Sukawaty
    Chairman

    Andy was the Chairman of Inmarsat plc until its acquisition and was previously its Executive Chairman and CEO. He was the Senior Independent Director of Sky plc until his resignation in October 2018. He was previously Chairman of Ziggo N.V., Xyratex Technologies and Telenet and also Deputy Chairman of O2 plc. He has been an advisor to Apax Partners and Warburg Pincus. He has previously been Chief Executive Officer and President of Sprint PCS, a NYSE listed global national wireless carrier, and Chief Executive Officer of NTL Limited. He has also held various management positions with US West and AT&T and been a Non-Executive Director on various listed companies. Andy holds a BBA and MBA respectively from the University of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

  • Rajeev Suri
    CEO

    Rajeev was appointed as Inmarsat’s Chief Executive Officer in March 2021. He joined Inmarsat from Nokia, where he was most recently President and Chief Executive Officer. From 2009 to 2014 Rajeev was Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Solutions and Networks. During his tenure as CEO, he transformed Nokia into a top two telecommunications infrastructure company, led the consolidation of the sector from ten to three major players, positioned Nokia as a leader in a world connected by 5G and shaped by increasing digitalisation and automation. Under his leadership, Nokia acquired the networks businesses of Siemens, Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, including the famed Bell Labs, successfully expanded into enterprise vertical markets, created the world’s leading standalone telecom software business, significantly grew the annual recurring revenue patent licensing business and engineered the return of the Nokia brand to mobile phones.

    Rajeev has lived and worked in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. He was a Commissioner of the United Nations Broadband Commission, Co-Chair of the digitalisation task force for the B20 and member of various digital and healthcare committees at the World Economic Forum. Rajeev was a member of the Chinese Premier’s Global CEO Council from 2014 to 2020, a recipient of China’s Marco Polo award; the highest honour awarded to an international business person from the Chinese government. Rajeev is an engineering graduate in Electronics and Communications and has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Manipal University. 

  • Max Fowinkel
    Non-Executive Director

    Max joined Warburg Pincus in 2007 and is a Partner and Managing Director. He is a Director of 1&1 Ionos and MAX (fka Leumi Card). He was involved in the firm’s investments in inexio, IPAN, Network International, Accelya, easycash, MACH, Evenex, Blue Yonder and United Internet. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at McKinsey & Company. Max holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration from Technische Universität Berlin and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

  • Eric Hargrave
    Non-Executive Director

    Eric is responsible for origination, execution, and management of direct investments in the technology, media and telecom sectors across Europe, as well as geographic coverage for the Nordics at Ontario Teachers’. Eric currently serves on the board of Memora. Prior to joining Ontario Teachers’, Eric worked in investment banking at RBC Capital Markets, most recently as part of the London based Power, Utilities and Infrastructure group.

  • General C Robert Kehler (Rtd)
    Non-Executive Director

    General Kehler served on the Inmarsat plc Board for six years as a Non-Executive Director until his resignation on 4 December 2019. General Kehler retired from the US Air Force on 31 December 2013 with over 38 years of service. Over his career, he served in a variety of important operational and staff assignments, and successfully led large organisations with global responsibilities. In his final two major command assignments he oversaw a global network of satellite command and control, communications, missile warning and launch facilities, and was directly responsible to the Secretary of Defense and President for the plans and operations of all U.S. forces conducting strategic deterrence, space, and cyberspace operations. General Kehler is a Non-executive Director of MAXAR Technologies, a Trustee of the Mitre Corporation and Director of Monocle Acquisition Corporation.

  • Pascal Keutgens
    Non-Executive Director

    Pascal focuses on the healthcare and consumer sectors and is also responsible for investments in Germany, France and the Benelux for the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). Prior to joining CPP Investments, Pascal was a Partner at Bregal Freshstream, where he was responsible for their Private Equity activities in France and the Benelux. Previously Pascal was a Partner at Doughty Hanson, where he spent 13 years focusing on mid-market buyouts across Europe. Pascal trained as an accountant at PwC.

  • Christoph Mueller
    Non-Executive Director

    Christoph has over 25 years’ experience in the aviation, logistics and tourism industry. He was the Chief Digital and Innovation Officer of Emirates Group and former Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Airlines. Christoph was the CEO of Irish airline Aer Lingus where he repositioned the loss-making company as a service airline to compete with low budget alternatives. He is a qualified accountant.

  • Ashvin Malkani
    Non-Executive Director

    Ashvin joined Ontario Teachers’ in 2002 and has nearly 20 years of private equity investing experience. He currently also serves on the Board of Directors of 24-7 Intouch, Camelot Lottery Solutions, Compass Datacenters and Premier Lotteries Ireland. Prior to joining Ontario Teachers’, Ashvin was an Analyst at TD Capital, the private equity arm of TD Bank Financial Group.

  • Salim Nathoo
    Non-Executive Director

    Salim is a Partner in the Tech & Telco team of Apax Partners and is based in London. He is also a member of the Investment Committees for the Apax Buyout Funds, Apax Digital Fund and Apax Global Alpha. Salim joined Apax Partners in 1999 specialising in the Tech & Telecom space. He has both led and participated in a number of key deals including ThoughtWorks, Candela, EVRY, GlobalLogic, iGATE, Orange Switzerland, Sophos, SMART Technologies, Weather Investments, Tim Hellas, Promethean and Mobifon. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Salim was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company where he specialised in advising clients in the telecom sector.

  • René Obermann
    Non-Executive Director

    René joined Warburg Pincus, a leading private equity firm, as a Partner and Managing Director in February 2015. Subsequent to investments made by Warburg Pincus, he assumed roles as Chairman of the Board at 1&1 IONOS and was a Supervisory Board Member at inexio. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Airbus. René worked as CEO of Ziggo in The Netherlands in 2014 until the merger with LibertyGlobal’s UPC. Prior to Ziggo, René worked at Deutsche Telekom Group (DT) from 1998 until 2013. After running DT’s mobile division (T-Mobile International), he was appointed as CEO of Deutsche Telekom in November 2006, where he remained until December 2013. René began his career with a business traineeship at BMW in Munich. Next, he founded his own business in 1986: ABC Telekom, a company distributing telecommunication equipment and providing technical services. After the acquisition of ABC Telekom by Hutchison Whampoa in 1991, René became Managing Partner of the resulting company: Hutchison Mobilfunk. Between 1993 and 1998, he was CEO of that company.

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