Kingston inmedia, the satellite services provider, has appointed Richard Vos, former chairman of Inmarsat, as chairman of the board. The appointment further strengthens the board of Kingston inmedia, which was acquired in a leveraged buyout in April 2004 by management and The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm. The other members of the board include Nick Thompson, CEO, Julian Portman, Finance Director, and David FitzGerald and Bruno Mourgue dAlgue from The Carlyle Group.
Richard Vos was formerly chairman of Inmarsat, which he led following privatisation in 1999 through a private equity buyout in 2003 for $1.5 billion. He was a non-executive director of ESOA which is the association representing the interests of European Satellite Operators. Prior to Inmarsat he was head of Satellite Investments at BT, where he was responsible for the management of BTs investments of around £200 million in satellite companies and in the Intergovernmental Satellite Consortia. He also served as the UK Governor of the Board of INTELSAT, the satellite communications services company.
Nick Thompson, CEO of Kingston inmedia said; We are delighted Richard has agreed to join us as chairman. His broad experience in the satellite sector and knowledge of the industry will be of great value to us as we build the company.
Richard is currently chairman of the governments Telecommunications and Navigation Advisory Board, which acts as an interface between industry and the British National Space Centre, and is a non-executive director of NSSC Operations Ltd, the company responsible for the commercialisation of the National Space Science Centre. He also serves as an advisor on government relations for Inmarsat.