Intelsat names new chief commercial officer

Intelsat has appointed Samer Halawi as its new chief commercial officer, effective 9 January 2018.

Halawi is to lead an organisation spanning the company's global commercial operations in his new role.

The role was created by Intelsat to help accelerate the commercialisation of its Intelsat EpicNG high throughput fleet and to build additional focus on the introduction of new managed services.