ABS Appoints Flavien Bachabi As the Managing Director Of Africa

Washington DC, 9 December 2014 - ABS announced the appointment of Flavien

Bachabi as the Managing Director of Africa. Flavien will be responsible for leading

the sales and business operations for the African continent.

Tom Choi, Chief Executive Officer of ABS said, We are excited to have Flavien on

board at ABS, heading up our African operations. As the regional Head of Sales, he

will be responsible for managing and developing new business for the market.

Flavien has over 30 years of experience in the satellite and telecommunication

industry and has extensive knowledge of the Africa market. His expertise and

leadership skills will contribute to our expansion for this growing continent.

Prior to joining ABS, Flavien was the Vice President of Business Operations and

Intergovernmental Initiatives and held various management roles at Intelsat,

including Regional Vice President for Africa. He has also spent 15 years in senior

positions with Benin Telecommunications and served on international councils and

committees including the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the African

Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the Regional African Satellite

Communications Organization (RASCOM). He is also a sitting board member of the

Advisory Board of the Smart Sustainable Development Model (SSDM) of ITU.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Physics from the

University of Benin, as well as a Master of Science degree of Telecommunications

Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute St. Petersburg.

About ABS:

ABS is a dynamic and fast growing global satellite operator. ABS offers a complete

range of tailored solutions including broadcasting, data and telecommunication

services to broadcasters, service providers, enterprises and government

organizations.

ABS operates a fleet of six satellites; ABS-1A, ABS-2, ABS-3, ABS-4/Mobisat-1,

ABS-6 and ABS-7. The satellite fleet covers 80% of the world's population across

Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, CIS and Russia.

ABS has also procured two Boeing 702SP satellites (ABS-3A & ABS-2A) planned for

early and late 2015 with the options to add more satellites over the next 2-3 years to

its growing satellite fleet.

Headquartered in Bermuda, ABS has offices in the United States, Dubai, South

Africa, Germany, Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong. ABS is majority owned by

funds managed by the European Private Equity firm Permira. The Permira funds

acquired ABS in 2010.

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