December 13, 2016 

Gregg Daffner (CEO, GAPSAT) inaugurated as the President of the APSCC. He was elected President at the 2016 APSCC General Assembly held on December 13, 2016. As the main representative of APSCC, he will be responsible for implementing the directions and guidelines set by the APSCC Constitution in consultation with the Board of Directors, Vice Presidents and Executive Director. 

Gregg is CEO of GapSat, an innovative venture that leases entire in-orbit satellites to satellite operators for use in their orbital slots for interim periods of time, generally until the operator launches its own custom built satellite. Gregg is also president of G3 Global Communications a satellite business incubation and consulting firm focused on strategic planning, business development, transactional and regulatory advice with an emphasis on the Asia-Pacific satellite market.   Previously Gregg co-founded and was president of Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS). He is a former television producer and communications attorney who was the head of satellite services for Cable & Wireless Hong Kong Telecom, Vice President for PanAmSat and Lockheed Martin Corp, and Director of International Policy for the US Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) where he was instrumental in the promotion of private enterprise in space.   

Gregg is a founding member and a Director serving since the inception of APSCC in 1994; the Chairman of the Cable and Satellite Broadcast Association of Asia (CASBAA) Satellite Wireless Action Group; a member of the Board of Governors and Secretary of the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC); and the Asian Attache for the Global VSAT Forum (GVF).

Also, at the General Assembly members of the APSCC Board of Directors for the 2017-2018 term were nominated and approved. The 15 members of the Board are:

Tom Choi, ABS
Richard Bowles, Arianespace
Baozhong Huang, APT Satellite
Thomas Carroll, ILS
Terry Bleakley, Intelsat
Peter Jeon, ktsat
Hiroshi Koyama, Mitsubishi Electric
Eddie Kato, New York Broadband
Deepak Mathur, SES
Kian Soon Lim, SingTel
Mitsutoshi Akao, SKY Perfect JSAT
Tom Ochinero, SpaceX
Daryl Mossman, SSL
Dani Indra, Pasifik Satelit Nusantara
Sandy Gillio, Thales Alenia Space

Under the leadership of the new APSCC Presdient and Board of Directors, APSCC will continue to promote communications and broadcasting via satellite as well as outer space activities in the Asia-Pacific region as a collective voice.