Vice Chairmen

Stephen Spengler is Chief Executive Officer of Intelsat. He has been in the telecommunications satellite industry for 30-years with experience in the media, broadband, government and internet sectors. He has been a driving force behind the development of Intelsat’s next generation of satellite solutions, particularly the company’s high throughput satellite platform.

Before joining Intelsat, Mr. Spengler held various senior management positions in the telecommunications industry, including: Senior Vice President of Global Sales, at Cirronet, Inc.; Vice President for Sales and Marketing at ViaSat Satellite Networks; Regional Sales Director for Satellite Networks in EMEA for Scientific-Atlanta Europe; and sales and marketing positions at GTE Spacenet and GTE Corporation.

Mr. Kyle David Whitehill serves as Chief Executive Officer of Avanti Communications Group PLC since April 3, 2018. He is known to hugely transform organisations through leadership and company financial results. He has been Chief Executive Officer at Liquid Telecom South Africa, formerly known as Neotel (Pty) Limited since May 2017. Mr. Whitehill served as the Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C. from June 2013 until 2016. Mr. Whitehill served as the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited (alternate name: Vodafone Ghana Company Limited) since July 1, 2010 and was awarded The Best Telecoms CEO of the year. His early career was spent in dealing with fast moving consumer goods with L'Oreal, Jeyes and Guinness before he entered general management with the soft drinks division of PepsiCo. Mr. Whitehill joined Vodafone in 2001 as Head of the Enterprise Business in the United Kingdom and in February 2008, he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer for Vodafone Business in India, shortly after the acquisition of the business from Hutchison. Mr. Whitehill serves as a Director of Vodafone Czech Republic a.s. He served as an Executive Director of Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C. until December 1, 2015.