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A New CEO At Arabsat

September 6, 2021

The Arab Satellite Communications Corporation (Arabsat) has announced that, during the Board of Directors Meeting on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 the selection of H.E Eng. Haitham Al-Ohali, Vice Minister at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as the new Chairman of Arabsat.

The Arabsat Board of Directors also accepted the resignation of CEO Eng. Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour and appointed Dr. Badr bin Nasser Al-Suwaidan, Chief Technical Officer, to head the Organization. Before joining Arabsat, Dr. Badr Al-Suwaidan worked as a supervisor of the Institute of Research and Space in King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia and participated in several programs and space missions, including work on the first Saudi Geo-orbiting satellite, SG1, in cooperation with Arabsat, and the Saudi satellite Sat 4 in cooperation with NASA.

H.E, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eng. Haitham Al-Ohali, said, “Arabsat succeeded in embodying the spirit of the Arab League Charter and strengthening the ties & the joint Arab work among the Arab League states economically, culturally and in other developmental fields. Also, since its establishment in 1976, Arabsat has succeeded in broadcasting the message of the Arab world to more than 170 million viewers in more than 100 countries around the world. I am looking forward to working together with the members of the Board and the Executive Management to complete Arabsat’s missions.”

Board of Directors members expressed their thanks to Dr. Nasser bin Saleh Al-Hejailan, the former Chairman of Arabsat Board of Directors, for his work, efforts and the distinguished achievements that were achieved during his presidency of the Board and also thanked the former CEO, Eng. Khaled Balkheyour, for the successful accomplishments achieved during his presidency.

Filed Under: Appointments, Business Moves, SATCOM Services, Satellites

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