Christian Patouraux
Founder & CEO
Kacific Broadband Satellites
Christian Patouraux has 25 years’ experience in the satellite industry. He began his satellite career with SES, initially as a satellite engineer, procuring, launching, testing and operating 12 spacecraft, then as an independent business development consultant, playing key roles in launching broadband businesses, implementing large teleports, deploying airline and maritime broadband, and developing satellite multi-play and IPTV businesses. He went on to develop satellite offerings for new markets in Asia Pacific as head of special projects for MEASAT. Christian was also Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer at O3b Networks, where his work was fundamental to launching the company’s maritime business. In 2013, he founded Kacific Broadband Satellites to bring high speed, low-cost connectivity to remote regions of Asia and the Pacific, fostering greater internet usage, fueling economic growth and improvements in service delivery across covered regions. Kacific’s first satellite, Kacific1, was launched into geostationary orbit on the 16th of December 2019. Kacific1 became fully operational on 01 March 2020. It offers direct internet access, via wholesale channels, to government agencies, institutions, businesses, community groups and households within the satellite's total footprint area. Christian holds a Master of Engineering from the Polytechnic school at the University of Brussels, a Master of Aeronautics / Turbomachinery from the Von Karman Institute, Belgium and an MBA from Insead.
Founder & CEO
Kacific Broadband Satellites
Christian Patouraux has 25 years’ experience in the satellite industry. He began his satellite career with SES, initially as a satellite engineer, procuring, launching, testing and operating 12 spacecraft, then as an independent business development consultant, playing key roles in launching broadband businesses, implementing large teleports, deploying airline and maritime broadband, and developing satellite multi-play and IPTV businesses. He went on to develop satellite offerings for new markets in Asia Pacific as head of special projects for MEASAT. Christian was also Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer at O3b Networks, where his work was fundamental to launching the company’s maritime business. In 2013, he founded Kacific Broadband Satellites to bring high speed, low-cost connectivity to remote regions of Asia and the Pacific, fostering greater internet usage, fueling economic growth and improvements in service delivery across covered regions. Kacific’s first satellite, Kacific1, was launched into geostationary orbit on the 16th of December 2019. Kacific1 became fully operational on 01 March 2020. It offers direct internet access, via wholesale channels, to government agencies, institutions, businesses, community groups and households within the satellite's total footprint area. Christian holds a Master of Engineering from the Polytechnic school at the University of Brussels, a Master of Aeronautics / Turbomachinery from the Von Karman Institute, Belgium and an MBA from Insead.
