Vincent Lim is the MD and is responsible for sales in Asia. Vincent has 19 years of experience in the telecom and satellite industry. Prior to joining ABS, Vincent held various positions within the satellite and telecommunications sector. His experiences include managing major accounts such as Network Innovations, Telekom Malaysia, Astro, Transvision, Globecast, Fox, Disney and Viacom. He is well versed in the whole value chain of telecommunications and broadcast media.   

Roger Tong has over 30 yearsʼ experience working in the communications sector. His key focus as CEO of AsiaSat has been to expand the company’s infrastructure-driven business model into a fully integrated customer-centric one that can leverage on existing resources and capabilities, expand service offerings through partnerships, and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in selected business verticals.

Under his guidance, AsiaSat has rolled out the One Click Go Live (OCGL) live streaming services for high-end markets, SAILAS maritime services and expanded into a new orbital slot to service the mobility market. The company has obtained several patents from the U.S., Canada and China related to satellite system designs and applications.

Roger regularly represents AsiaSat at various industry bodies including the ITU, representing the voice of satellite operators in global policies and how they can be implemented on a regional basis.

Roger graduated from McMaster University with a B.Sc in Computer Engineering. He also holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and a DBA from The University of Newcastle in Australia.

Rachelle Radpour leads technical development and deployment of critical engineering capabilities across the company’s commercial satellite portfolio. Throughout her 20-year career at Boeing, Radpour has led teams through design, verification, launch, and on-orbit activities with a portfolio of products ranging from the classic 376 to higher-power 601 and 702, serving customers across Asia, Europe, South America, and North America. Radpour is a graduate from the University of Southern California, with both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.

Jeremy Rose is a partner at COMSYS LLP, a satellite communications consulting firm based in London.   Since founding COMSYS in 1983 Mr Rose has been responsible for satellite system consultancy within the firm – advising clients on implementation strategy for new telecommunication and satellite technologies.  He also leads the firm’s commercial and market due diligence teams and manages the technical analysis team at COMSYS. Jeremy has assisted AVIA/CASBAA for more than ten years in planning the programme for the annual Satellite Industry Forum. 

Cyril Dujardin was appointed General Manager of Eutelsat’s Connectivity Business Unit (BU) in 2022 and is a member of the Group’s Executive Committee. Before joining Eutelsat, Cyril Dujardin was SVP, Deputy Head of the Big Data & Security business line at Atos, after heading its cybersecurity and mission critical systems operations. With a track record of more than 20 years in high-growth technology industries, Cyril Dujardin has run complex organisations experiencing various business cycles. 

Gregg Daffner is CEO of GapSat, a satellite venture that leases entire in-orbit satellites to satellite operators for use in their orbital slots for interim periods of time, generally until the operator launches its own satellite. Previously Gregg co-founded and was president of Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS).

Gregg is the President of the Asia Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC), Chairman of the AVIA Satellite Wireless Action Group, and a member and Secretary of the Board of Governors of the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC).

Yossi has been with Gilat for over 25 years, serving as VP R&D, VP System Integration, VP Sales Operations, as well as VP Engineering and Operations for StarBand, the first residential two-way satellite Internet service in the United States. Born in Tel Aviv, Yossi holds a B.Sc. degree summa cum laude from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Alvaro Sanchez is Integrasys CEO and Marquess of Antella. Alvaro is based in Madrid, where he studied Industrial and Computer Science Engineering in the European University and later a Master in Sales and Marketing at ESIC Business School. Alvaro has worked 10 years at Integrasys, being Sales and Marketing Director with tangible results in the compnay’s revenue. Now Alvaro is Integrasys CEO and his main function is expanding the company.

Brian Jakins leads the Networks Business Unit for Intelsat and is responsible for the strategic direction, vision, growth and performance of Intelsat’s Enterprise and MNO business segment across the globe. Prior to joining Intelsat, he served as the Regional Vice President of Sales & Services at Aviat Networks and held Senior Commercial Management positions in Alcatel-Lucent, Siemens Telecommunications and Wireless Data Services.

Mr. Jakins holds a master’s degree in business administration awarded by Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh in the U.K. as well as a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Milpark Business School, South Africa.

With 30 years’ experience working in leading telecommunications corporations, Robert has been at the forefront of commercial relationships with Satcom businesses based in Europe, USA and Southeast Asia. Robert leads Intelsat’s Oceania, Philippine, and Japanese teams to create solutions which enable connectivity for the region’s most remote customers.  Today, Robert is the Director – Asia Pacific Sales at Intelsat, responsible for customers represented by Carriers, Service Providers, Media companies and their Integrators across the Asia Pacific region. 

Prior to joining Intelsat, Robert held technical, sales and marketing leadership positions for Telstra, Optus, and Bell Canada.  

Brandon Seir is a marketing and sales specialist with over a decade of experience in telecom, internet and digital tech. He has held leadership roles in Roshan and Technobiz. At Kacific, Brandon oversees satellite broadband development and sales across 25 markets. He holds an MBA from University of Liverpool and a BBA from Tashkent State University.

Communications professional with over 10 years of experience working in leading telecommunication companies. Beatrice was previously with Singtel, Asia’s leading telecommunications company, handling marketing for Singtel mobile postpaid customers and the youth sub-brand GOMO by Singtel.

At Kacific, Beatrice is overseeing corporate development. Kacific-1, Kacific’s Ka-band HTS GEO satellite, was launched in 2019, serving 25 regions across APAC. Kacific-2 is planned to launch to expand capacity in current regions and expand in new markets in the next few years.

James Alderdice has over 20 years of professional experience in the satellite communications industry. As Vice President, and the lead for Lynk’s business in Asia-Pacific, James has established commercial partnerships with mobile operators and built Lynk’s government relations across the region in providing the foundation to connect the billions of people still unconnected. Specialising in providing remote connectivity for unserved locations, James has held sales and marketing positions at Inmarsat, EMC (now part of Anuvu), and SpeedCast as well as other industry pioneers.

Brian has 35 years of progressive space system engineering, program management, and executive leadership experience. He has built two start-up companies from the ground-up. Being one of the foremost team members and the CTO of O3b Networks, he was instrumental in delivering all its technical systems through the start of service. He headed OneWeb Satellites as its CEO for the first two years and helped raise the initial capital.

Jacqueline Good currently serves as founder and CEO of Magnestar Inc. With a primary focus of building technical asset protection for spacecrafts, Jacqueline leverages her diverse background in psychology, statistics, Chinese, computing and space engineering to lead the Magnestar world class team.

Having honed expertise in data infrastructure, product development and solution engineering, she recently left a senior leadership role at one of Canada’s largest pension funds to pursue her passion for space, sustainability and entrepreneurship.

Tina Ghataore is the Chief Commercial Officer of Mynaric USA where she leads the efforts to position Mynaric as the preferred laser communication provider for aerospace application for both government and commercial markets. Prior to joining Mynaric USA, she was the Executive Vice President of Inflight Connectivity Solutions at Yahsat, a leading UAE Satellite Operator where she was responsible for the overall strategy and execution of enabling Yahsat to launch into Mobility Satcom Services business.

Charu Verma is Senior Strategy Analyst at SES taking care of Asia-Pacific & Sub-Saharan Africa markets for SES, a leader in global content and connectivity solutions and world’s largest satellite operator.    

She supports the organisation in building go-to-market strategies, creating new products, identifying growth areas, and establishing key partnerships.   

Charu holds an MBA degree from Nanyang Business School (NTU) and a Bachelor of Engineering in Automation from NSIT, University of Delhi.

John Turnbull leads SES’s successful Australian and Pacific efforts. John has 30 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry in Australia and internationally specializing in Internet back-haul to under-served and remote locations. John also holds an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business. 

Peter B. de Selding is Co-founder and Chief Editor of SpaceIntelReport.com, a website covering space business issues that began publishing in January 2017. Prior to that, he was Paris Bureau Chief for SpaceNews for 25 years, covering satellite telecommunications, commercial Earth observation and the launch-services and satellite manufacturing sectors.

Patompob (Nile) Suwansiri is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of THAICOM and has over 30 years of experience in the satellite industry. Nile has been with THAICOM since its inception in 1992.

Nile graduated from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. He earned an Executive MBA degree with SASIN Graduate School of Management in Bangkok and completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.