Inmarsat Plc

Rupert Pearce joined Inmarsat in January 2005 as Group General Counsel and, from January 2009, additionally held the position of Senior Vice President, Inmarsat Enterprises. He became CEO in January 2012. Previously, Rupert worked for Atlas Venture, where he was a partner working with the firm’s European and US investment teams. He was previously also a partner at the international law firm Linklaters, where he spent 13 years specialising in corporate finance, M&A and private equity transactions. Rupert received an MA (First Class) in Modern History from Oxford University and won the 1995 Fullbright Fellowship in US securities law, studying at the Georgetown Law Center. He has been a visiting fellow of the Imperial College Business School, London, lecturing on the school’s Entrepreneurship programme, and is the co-author of Raising Venture Capital (Wiley).

Tony Bates joined Inmarsat in June 2014 as an executive director and the company’s Chief Financial Officer. An experienced senior finance and business professional, Tony was previously the Group CFO of hibu Plc (formerly Yell Group Plc) where he played leading roles in the multi-billion pound refinancing of the Group and in the delivery of a much lower cost operating model. Prior to hibu, Tony was Chief Operating Officer of Colt Group S.A., the pan-European business telecoms operator, where he was responsible for the Finance function from 2003 to 2009. His previous senior management experience was mainly with EMI Group Plc, latterly as Group Finance Director. Tony took a First Class BSc in Management Sciences at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Alison Horrocks joined Inmarsat in 1999 and provides governance advice and acts as Company Secretary to the Board and its Committees. She is a member of the Executive Management Board and Chairman of the Trustee Company responsible for Inmarsat’s UK pension plans. She was previously Group Company Secretary of International Public Relations plc, a worldwide public relations company for 11 years prior to joining Inmarsat. Alison is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Andrew Sukawaty became non-executive Chairman on 1 January 2015. He originally joined the Company as Chairman in December 2003 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in March 2004, becoming Executive Chairman in January 2012 until December 2014. He is a non-executive director of Sky plc (LSE), Executive in Residence for Warburg Pincus and until November 2014 Andy served as non-executive Chairman of Ziggo N.V. He has previously served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Sprint PCS, a NYSE listed global national wireless carrier and he was Chief Executive Officer of NTL Limited from 1993 to 1996. Andy has also held various management positions with US West and AT&T and he has served on various listed company boards as a non-executive director. Andy holds a BBA from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from the University of Minnesota.

Rupert Pearce joined Inmarsat in January 2005 as Group General Counsel and, from January 2009, additionally held the position of Senior Vice President, Inmarsat Enterprises. He became CEO in January 2012. Previously, Rupert worked for Atlas Venture, where he was a partner working with the firm’s European and US investment teams. He was previously also a partner at the international law firm Linklaters, where he spent 13 years specialising in corporate finance, M&A and private equity transactions. Rupert received an MA (First Class) in Modern History from Oxford University and won the 1995 Fullbright Fellowship in US securities law, studying at the Georgetown Law Center. He has been a visiting fellow of the Imperial College Business School, London, lecturing on the school’s Entrepreneurship programme, and is the co-author of Raising Venture Capital (Wiley).

Tony Bates joined Inmarsat in June 2014 as an executive director and the company’s Chief Financial Officer. An experienced senior finance and business professional, Tony was previously the Group CFO of hibu Plc (formerly Yell Group Plc) where he played leading roles in the multi-billion pound refinancing of the Group and in the delivery of a much lower cost operating model. Prior to hibu, Tony was Chief Operating Officer of Colt Group S.A., the pan-European business telecoms operator, where he was responsible for the Finance function from 2003 to 2009. His previous senior management experience was mainly with EMI Group Plc, latterly as Group Finance Director. Tony took a First Class BSc in Management Sciences at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Simon Bax joined the board in June 2013. He was, from 2008 to 2013, CEO of Encompass Digital Media Inc, which provides technical services to broadcasters, cable networks and government agencies. Previous senior management experience was with Pixar Animation Studios and Fox Filmed Entertainment. Simon has a honours degree in History from Cambridge University and is a chartered accountant. He is Chairman of Archant Ltd, a non-executive Director of Pulsant Limited and a director of the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association. Simon is also a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Sir Bryan joined the Board in June 2005. He spent eight years as Director General of Telecommunications (head of Oftel) and then he served as Director General of Fair Trading and Secretary General of the International Accounting Standards Committee (predecessor of the International Accounting Standards Board). He was previously Chairman of the Council of Loughborough University, a non-executive Chairman of MLL Telecom Ltd, a non-executive director of Cable and Wireless Communications plc and a non-executive director of RM plc. Sir Bryan is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. He was knighted in January 1989. He holds an MSc (Econ) from the University of London (London School of Economics).

Stephen Davidson joined the Board in June 2005. Stephen has held various positions in investment banking, including at West LB Panmure where he was Global Head of Media and Telecoms Investment Banking, then Vice-Chairman of Investment Banking. From 1992 to 1998 he was Finance Director, then Chief Executive Officer of Telewest Communications plc. He was Chairman of the Cable Communications Association from 1996 to 1998. Stephen is Chairman of Datatec Limited, Actual Experience Plc and PRS for Music. He is also non-executive director of Restore Plc and Deputy Chairman of Jaywing Group Plc. He holds an MA (first class) in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Aberdeen.

Kathleen Flaherty joined the Board in May 2006 as a non-executive director. She is a member of the McCormick Advisory Board and sits on the executive committee of Northwestern University. Kathleen has served on the board of a number of public companies, including Marconi Corporation plc, Telent plc and CMS Energy Corporation. She was President and Chief Operating Officer of Winstar International. Her previous positions have included senior roles as Chief Marketing Officer with AT&T and with other senior roles with BT and MCI Communications Inc. Kathleen was a non-executive director of GenTek Inc until October 2009 and hibu plc until March 2014. She holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University, Illinois.

General C. Robert Kehler, United States Air Force (Retired) joined the Board in May 2014 as a non-executive director. General Kehler retired from the Air Force in January 2014 with over 38 years of service. He oversaw a global network of satellite command and control, communications, missile warning and launch facilities, and ensured the combat readiness of America’s intercontinental ballistic missile force. Over his career, General Kehler served in a variety of important operational and staff assignments, and successfully led large organizations with global responsibilities. General Kehler is a trustee member of the Mitre Corporation, a Proxy Board member of BEI Precision Systems and Space Company and a member of the Advisory Board for Outreach and Online Education of the Pennsylvania State University. He is also a Special Advisor to Northrop Grumman Corporation.

Ambassador Janice Obuchowski joined the Board in May 2009 as a non-executive director. She has held several senior positions, both in the United States government and in the private sector. Janice served as Head of Delegation and as the US Ambassador to the World Radiocommunications Conference 2003 and was Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the Department of Commerce, and previously was Senior Advisor to the Chairman at the Federal Communications Commission in the US. Janice is President and founder of Freedom Technologies Inc. She is a non-executive Director of Orbital ATK and CSG Systems Inc.

Dr Abraham Peled joined the Board in June 2013 as a non-executive director. He is currently a principal to CyberCloud Ventures and a senior advisor on technology businesses to UK private equity firm, Permira. He spent from 1995 to 2012 with NDS Group plc, a digital pay-TV company, which was part of the News Corp group and was most recently bought by Cisco, and was its Chairman and CEO from 2004 to 2012. He was a Senior Vice President of Cisco from August 2012 to January 2014. Abe has previous senior management experience with IBM and Elron. He has a BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Digital Signal Processing. In March 2013 Abe was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by Digital TV Europe.

Robert Ruijter joined the Board in February 2015 as a non-executive director. Rob was the Chief Financial Officer of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines from 2001 until its merger with Air France in 2004 and the Chief Financial Officer of VNU N.V. (a publicly listed marketing and publishing company now the Nielsen company) between 2004 and 2007. In 2009 and 2010 he served as the CFO of ASM International N.V. (a publicly listed manufacturer of electronic components) and in 2013 as the interim CEO of Vion Food Group N.V. Rob takes up the position of Chairman of Delta Lloyd N.V. Supervisory Board from 1 October 2015. Rob currently serves on the Supervisory Boards of Wavin N.V. and Ziggo N.V. and is a non-executive director of Interxion N.V.. Rob is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States and in The Netherlands and a member of the ACT in the UK.

Dr. Hamadoun Touré joined the Board on 1 March 2015 as a non-executive director. From 2007 to 2014 Hamadoun was Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the specialised agency of the United Nations dedicated to information and communication technologies. Hamadoun was the founding member of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development which was launched in May 2010 by ITU and UNESCO and he served as co-vice chair until his retirement from ITU. Hamadoun has had a distinguished career in the satellite industry. He is on the Advisory Board of the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) International Advisory Board which was the ITU’s Cybersecurity Executing Arm. Hamadoun was also an active member of the UN Chief Executive Board where he consistently raised awareness of cyber threats and the need for international cooperation to tackle them.

John Rennocks joined the Board in January 2005 and is Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director. He is an independent, non-executive Chairman of Bluefield Solar Income Fund Ltd, and a non-executive director of Greenko Group plc. He has broad experience in biotechnology, support services and manufacturing. John previously served as a non-executive director of various companies, and as non-executive Chairman of Diploma Plc until January 2015; his previous Executive experience is as Executive Director – Finance of a number of public companies including British Steel plc/Corus Group plc, Powergen plc and Smith & Nephew plc. John is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Alison Horrocks joined Inmarsat in 1999 and provides governance advice and acts as Company Secretary to the Board and its Committees. She is a member of the Executive Management Board and Chairman of the Trustee Company responsible for Inmarsat’s UK pension plans. She was previously Group Company Secretary of International Public Relations plc, a worldwide public relations company for 11 years prior to joining Inmarsat. Alison is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.