New Appointments News

Measat announces two new appointments

Selvaraj has been appointed as CCO and Rao as Associate Vice President of Network Engineering & Operations.
Ganendra Selvaraj (left) and Jeevan Rao (right)

Satellite operator Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. has announced the appointment of Ganendra Selvaraj and Jeevan Rao.

It has appointed Selvaraj as its new Chief Commercial Officer and Rao, as its new Associate Vice President, Network Engineering & Operations.

In his new role, Selvaraj will oversee Measat’s Sales, Customer Engineering, Business Development and Corporate Communications functions. As a member of Measat’s Executive Committee, he will focus on building the Measat customer base and expanding its commercial activities in support of the Measat group’s long-term strategy.

Selvaraj first joined Measat in 2004 and holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas. With close to 20 years of experience in the Telecommunications industry, Selvaraj has performed a broad spectrum of technical and commercial roles within Measat leading up to this appointment.

Rao has been with Measat since 2008 and holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (Mechatronics) from University Technology Malaysia and a Master of Science in Communications & Network Engineering from University Putra Malaysia.

With close to 25 years of experience in satellite communications, broadcast and telecommunications industry, he brings experience in both space and ground segments; video broadcasting and DTH; VSAT and cellular backhaul networks.

In his new role, Rao will oversee Measat’s Service Delivery, Network Management Centre, Remote Site Support, System Development and Information Technology departments.