ALEXANDER OUDENDIJK APPOINTED SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT SALES & MARKETING OF SES ASTRA

Alexander Oudendijk has been appointed Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing of SES ASTRA, the SES GLOBAL (Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG; Frankfurt Stock Exchange: SDSL) company that operates Europe's leading ASTRA satellite system. The appointment takes effect on May 6th, 2002. Alexander Oudendijk will report to Ferdinand Kayser, President and CEO of SES ASTRA, and will be a member of the Management Committee of SES ASTRA.

Alexander Oudendijk joins SES ASTRA from Hughes, where he held a number of positions since 1995, including European Sales and Marketing Director for Hughes Olivetti Telecom Ltd, Managing Director of HOT Telecommunications (Deutschland) GmbH, formally Hughes Olivetti Telekom Deutschland GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany), and Vice President, Satellite Services Sales for Hughes Network Systems Europe (HNSE).

States Ferdinand Kayser, President and CEO of SES ASTRA: "Alex brings extensive sales and marketing experience in the field of pan-European satellite network services to SES ASTRA, including interactive data, video and data broadcast, as well as broadband services. His know-how will be beneficial to SES ASTRA's ongoing strive to diversify its service offering. Our focus will be on enabling and actively marketing the bundling of traditional satellite broadcast with innovative space-based broadband and Internet services."

Prior to joining Hughes, Alexander Oudendijk gained extensive professional experience as an independent Satellite Consultant in Guildford (England) as well as in Senior Management positions with SPAR/Comstream (Canada), Ericsson-GE Mobile Communications (Canada), as well as Siemens (both in Germany and in the Netherlands). Alexander started his professional career as an Associate Expert with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva.

Alexander Oudendijk, a Dutch citizen aged 48, holds a BSc and an MSc in Telecommunications from the University of Delft (Netherlands). He is married and father of five children.

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