Andreas Georghiou

Overview

Andreas Georghiou joined Spacenet Inc. as its Chief Executive Officer in August 2006. Prior to joining Spacenet, Mr. Georghiou had been with SES Americom and its predecessor, GE Americom, a unit of GE Capital, for over 20 years in various leadership roles. Immediately preceding his assumption of CEO duties at Spacenet, Mr. Georghiou served as Chief Commercial Officer at SES Americom and, prior to that and through July 2005 he served as the Senior Vice President of Business Operations. From 2003 through July 2006, Mr. Georghiou also served as President of Americom Asia Pacific, a regional satellite venture of SES. From 1994 to 2003 he served as the Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Global Satellite Services at GE Americom. From 1992 to 1994 he served as Americom's Director of Business Development. While at GE Americom, he also served as an officer of GE Capital. In addition, Mr. Georghiou held various positions at RCA Corporation including IT Manager, Director of Treasury Planning and Manager of Operations Research, at the David Sarnoff Research Center. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) and a member of the Corporate Leadership Advisory Council of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Georghiou holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master's degree from the Wharton School of Business, where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar.