BIOGRAPHIES

Giuliano Berretta
Chairman of the Board, Eutelsat Communications

Giuliano Berretta is Chairman of the Board of Eutelsat Communications, Europe's largest satellite operator and one of the world's leading satellite operators. He joined the Eutelsat international organisation in 1990 as its first Commercial Director, and was Director General from 1999 to July 2001 in order to steer the transformation of the assets and activities of the organisation into a private company. From 2001 to 2009 he was the Group's CEO. He has been Chairman of the Board since 2004.

Prior to joining Eutelsat Mr Berretta worked at the European Space Agency's (ESA) headquarters in Paris and its technical centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands where he was instrumental in the design of Europe's pioneering communications satellite programmes. Before ESA, Mr. Berretta spent seven years with Italian industry in the field of military and civilian radio links and television broadcasting.

Mr Berretta holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Padua (Italy) an Honorary Doctorate in Management Engineering from the University of Bologna (Italy) and an honorary Professorship from the University Ricardo Palma of Lima (Peru). Mr Berretta is a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur of the French Republic and in 2006 he was nominated Cavaliere del Lavoro by the Italian Republic.

Michel de Rosen
Chief Executive Officer

Michel de Rosen joined Eutelsat Communications on 1 July 2009. He assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer after the General Assembly of Shareholders of 10 November 2009.

Michel de Rosen is a graduate of the HEC business school and France’s National School of Administration (ENA - Ecole Nationale d’Administration). He began his career in France in the Inspection générale des finances in the Ministry of Finance and from 1986 to 1988 was Chief of Staff of the Minister of Industry and Telecommunications. From 1988 to 1999 he held executive positions at Rhône-Poulenc including CEO of Rhône-Poulenc Fibers and Polymers from 1988 to 1993, and CEO of Rhône-Poulenc Rorer (USA) from 1993 to 1999. From 2000 to 2008 he was Chairman and CEO of ViroPharma in the USA. He returned to France in 2008 to the position of Chairman and CEO of SGD.

Jean-Paul Brillaud
Deputy CEO

Jean-Paul Brillaud joined Eutelsat in 1999 as Director of Corporate Development and External Relations. In July 2001 he was appointed member of the Management Board, and Deputy CEO in 2004.

During his career at Eutelsat, Jean-Paul Brillaud managed the transformation of Eutelsat from an international organisation into a private company. He also drives its strategic development and piloted the IPO process.

He joined Eutelsat from France Telecom where he was Deputy Director of satellite communications in charge of investments in the space segment and operation of earth station sites. He began his professional career at the CNET (Centre National d'Etudes des Télécommunications).

Jean-Paul Brillaud (of French nationality) is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Télécommunications.

Catherine Guillouard
Finance Director

Catherine Guillouard joined Eutelsat in September 2007 as Finance Director.

Catherine Guillouard graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Sciences and the French National School of Administration (Ecole Nationale d'Administration), 1991-1993 Gambetta promotion, and holds a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in European Union Law. She began her career in 1993 at the Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance, where she was Deputy Director of the CFA Zone in Africa and then the Banking Affairs Department. Catherine Guillouard joined Air France in 1997 as Senior Project Manager for the Employee Share Offering at the time of the Air France IPO in 1999. She was subsequently appointed Deputy Vice President Corporate Control in 1999, Vice President Flight Operations in 2001, Vice President Human Resources and Change Management in 2003. In January 2005 she was nominated Senior Vice President Finance at Air France.

Catherine Guillouard is a French national.

Sylvie Lallement
General Counsel and
Secretary of the Board of Directors

Sylvie Lallement joined Eutelsat from the post of Group General Counsel at Altran Technologies, a European leader in innovation consulting, which she integrated in 2003. From 1995 to 2003 she was General Counsel of Alcatel Business Systems, having worked from 1990 to 1995 as International Counsel of Alcatel at its company headquarters.

Of French nationality, Sylvie Lallement graduated in law from King’s College London and Harvard Law School and holds a Masters in French and English law from the Université Paris I. She began her career in 1985 as a lawyer in the Corporate Department of the New York offices of Debevoise & Plimpton.