Founder Experience:

Yves Feltes

• Accomplished reporter in ‘all things digital/media’ with a degree in political sciences and an extensive list of publications on diverse subjects such as international and national politics, economic and social subjects, infrastructure projects, cultural and lifestyle topics;

• Skilled at working in a multi-lingual, multi-national environment; frequent flyer in constant quest of new social and cultural experiences;

• Headed and implemented SES’s communications strategies during 25 years on its impressive journey from a single-satellite, Europe-centric operation into the Number 1 global behemoth with 54 satellites spanning the globe and generating in excess of EUR 1.8 bn in revenues;

• Organized dozens of customer and media events on the occasion of SES satellite launches and other company milestones, some of them in far-fledged places like Kourou (French Guyana), Baikonour (Kazakhstan) Cape Canaveral (Florida), Washington D.C., Los Angeles (California), Dubai (UAE), Singapore and Hong Kong (China);

• Was at the helm of SES’s communications team for historic company events like it’s IPO in 1998, the acquisition of GE Americom in 2001, or New Skies Satellites in 2005;

• Crafted dynamic executive speeches for international audiences;

• Led multi-national and multi-lingual teams of in-house as well as external communications experts in implementing SES’s communication strategy;

• Organized dozens of international press conferences and issued thousands of Press Releases in multiple languages on behalf of SES;

• Generated millions of EUR worth in press coverage versus traditional advertising through comprehensive media coverage in Europe, Asia, Africa and The Americas;

• Honed ability to explain high technologies to non-technical audiences;

• Regularly attends major space- and high-tech related conferences and exhibitions around the world;

• Experienced public speaker;

• Fluent in English, French, German and Luxembourgish;

• Accustomed to work with ‘old’ as well as new (social) media outlets.