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    We support Business Leaders across the Satellite Sector.

    We partner operators, communication businesses vendors and aerospace

    companies, including satellite manufacturers and launch services.

    We source the very best talent across the globe . We are part of the momentum that

    is driving explosive growth within the small satellite market.

    We work with businesses in mini, micro and nano satellites

    Our clients sit across the defense, commercial, civil and government sectors.

    We work hand in hand with the private equity community.   

  • We identify leaders in the Satellite Sector

    As part of Penrhyn International, we are ranked in the top 10 of global search firms, operating as a partnership of executive search firms sharing similar values and ethics.

     

    Our single focus has always been on identifying game changers. Our work is supported by diligent and imaginative research, undertaken by some of the most experienced professionals in the satellite sector. We deliver shortlists of diverse, talented individuals, by always seeking to challenge the 'obvious choice'.

     

    Our clients will tell you that open, regular communication and transparency of operation are essential to successful working partnerships and achieving the best possible outcome.

     

  • Completed Projects

    Satellite Communication

    Provider

     

    We made the following Strategic Hires to a Major US Satellite Communications Provider. We worked with the leadership and Private Equity investor and saw the business sell at a considerable premium

     

    Chief Commercial Officer

    Chief Financial Officer

    Chief Technical Officer

    Chief Operating Officer

    President - Main Operating Division

    Senior Vice President - R&D

    Director of Finance

    Nano Satellite Industry

     

    We have made vital appointments for a developing Nanosat manufacturer with a global footprint. We have searched for talent on a global basis taking in North and South America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

     

    Head of Sales - North America

     

    Head of Sales EMEA

     

    Head Sales Engineer

     

     

     

    Broadband Satellite Provider

     

     

    We supported an established European Provider needing to appoint two vital member of the senior team.

     

    Chief Financial Officer

    Head of Operations

    LEO Satellite Manufacturer

     

    We are supporting an early stage LEO business.

    The business is private equity backed with disruptive payload technologies. We assembled a team sourced from major names in the industry to help drive the development of the business in a new segment

     

    Chief Financial Officer

    Chief Technical Officer

    Chief Program Officer

    Vice President Sales

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    Maritime Satellite Communications Group

    We appointed a number of key individuals who drove substantial business change in a business providing satellite services to the Marine Sector.

     

    President - Commercial

    President - Cruise

    President - Maritime

    3 Global Sales Directors

  • Satellite Interim Search

    We have over 20 years experience at Senior Management and Executive Level...

    We provide....

     

    professional interims with reputations for delivering results. It is their skills and abilities that benefits the organisations that we partner

    We provide leaders in change and transformation

    We work with a known pool of talent, and move at pace, often placing interims within days. In extreme circumstances, we can deliver within hours

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    We deliver mission critical assignments.....

     

     

    requiring candidates with gravitas, specialist knowledge and highly developed expertise, ensuring a superior outcome for our clients

  • Our Team

    Michael Herst

    Managing Partner

    Michael's career started in accountancy, where he gained commercial and corporate experience working as financial advisor to many telecommunication and marine businesses.

     

    He then worked as Head of Finance for a major international shipping group.

     

    He has over 30 years in executive search and currently serves as Chairman of Penrhyn International, a leading global network of retained executive search firms with offices in more than 40 major economic centres.

     

    Michael is responsible for many leading appointments across the Satellite Sector and is incredibly well networked.

     

    Michael is proud to be a trustee of Haven House Children's Hospice; an important charity that supports families and cares for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

     

     

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    Alison Hann

    Head of Research

    Alison heads our research function and is well known to many executives throughout the satellite sector.
     
    She has worked in research for over 25 years initially across sectors including including retail, consumer and technology, but more recently specifically within the satellite and aerospace sectors.
     
    Alison has 8 years running our research team and was previously she was a Principal Consultant with KPMG Search & Selection where she specialised in appointing senior executives at C suite level