Digital Festival 2017 / Simon Gray

Simon Gray is the Vice President of Humanitarian Affairs for Eutelsat and he is also a member of the ITU Advisoryboard for developing disaster comms strategy worldwide. He has been elected by the other 8 satellite fleet operators to coordinate the Satellite charter with the UN for the satellite industry as the coordinator for the ESOA Humanitarian working group. Simon has been a Director of the GVF, for over 6 years. He has worked in the satellite industry for over 20 years and while at Eutelsat has been responsible for the largest training program ever undertaken by asatellite operator. His role in Eutelsat has also encompassed developing a newclass of satellite terminal, equipment approval, mobile Apps, training courses& training tools. His team has also been responsible for overseeing over350,000 terminal installations across 4 continents and he is the point ofreference for the Eutelsat fleet for remote terminal technology.