Chairman and Vice-Chairman
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Chairman
The Chairman, like the Vice-Chairman is appointed by members for a period of one year. They are mandated by the Board to formally represent the Association in high-level meetings along with the Secretary General. They further supervise the work of the Association, on behalf of the Board.
The present Chairman of the Association is Mr. Romain Bausch.
Contact the Chairman
By Post:
ESOA
Bastion Tower, 20th Floor,
5 Place de Champ de Mars
1050 Brussels
Tel. +32 2 550 3575
Fax. +32 2 550 3535
By Email:
Chairman: Romain Bausch
Mr. Romain Bausch is the President and CEO of Société Européenne des Satellites (SES), one of the world's largest networks of satellite operators. He joined SES in 1995 as their CEO and later in 2001 he was appointed the President and CEO, SES Global.
Mr. Romain Bausch is also appointed a board member of BIP Investment Partners and of Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie.
Prior to joining SES, Mr. Romain Bausch has worked as Administrator General in the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance, as a member as well as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of SES, Chairman of Société Nationale de Crédit et d'Investissement, and as Government Commissioner to Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) and Banque Internationale á Luxembourg.
Mr. Romain Bausch was born on July 3, 1953 and is married with 2 daughters. He graduated as Master of Arts in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Nancy (France).
Vice-Chairman
Mr. Christodoulos Protopapas is the Vice-Chairman of the Association. He assists the Chairman in his duties for the duration of his appointment.
Vice-Chairman: Christodoulos Protopapas
Mr. Protopapas is the Managing Director of Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd, the first satellite operator in Greece and Cyprus. He has been in the satellite business since August 1994 when he was appointed from the Board of Ministers of the Government of Cyprus as Member of the Cyprus Space Committee. In that position he represented the Cyprus Administration at International Meetings and Conferences. He has participated in many professional seminars, presentations and conferences regarding Satellite Business, Communications and Informatics.
Prior to joining HellasSat, Mr Protopapas held positions as Director General of 'O Logos' Radio and TV Channel (which he himself designed, built and installed) and Technical Advisor to Alpha TV Group in Greece. In 1995 he established 'Logos Net' which was the First Internet Service Provider in Cyprus.
Born in 1961 in Limassol, Cyprus, Mr. Protopapas graduated from the Electrical Engineering Department of the 'National Technical University of Athens' with Honors. His Interests include Satellite Communications, Management Information Systems and Networking. He is the author of a number of international academic publications in Intelligent Systems and he has participated in a number of Seminars and Lectures in Cyprus and aboard presenting new technologies in Communications and Information Systems. He is married to Dr. Panayiota Constantinou and has three children.