Satellogic names Jamil Kawar as SVP of Space Systems

Satellogic, Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) has appointed Jamil Kawar as Senior Vice President, Space Systems, according to a company statement. Kawar will work with governments and commercial partners to deliver sovereign satellite constellations and space infrastructure.

Kawar brings more than two decades of experience in aerospace, defense, and space, with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa region. He most recently served as Senior Vice President of International Satellite Sales at BlackSky, where he led international satellite sales across space-based intelligence, defense, and space systems.

Before BlackSky, Kawar spent nearly seven years at ICEYE in a series of senior roles, including Vice President of Space Missions for MENA and Head of Space Systems Sales for MENA, contributing to the buildout of ICEYE's synthetic aperture radar business in the region.

Earlier roles included Business Development Manager at Wincanton, Senior Business Development Manager at Prenax Ltd., and 17 years as Director of Business Development at AMAN Management Consultancy Co. Ltd. in Amman, Jordan, and the UK. He also founded K5 Global Ltd., a business intelligence consultancy. Kawar is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

"Jamil brings a rare combination of regional relationships, commercial discipline, and deep technical fluency in space systems and satellite sales," said Emiliano Kargieman, CEO and Co-Founder of Satellogic.

"Governments and defense organizations are no longer content to simply buy imagery, they want to own the means of production," Kawar said. "Satellogic has built exactly the kind of vertically-integrated, cost-efficient platform that makes sovereign satellite programs achievable for a much broader set of customers."

Satellogic, founded in 2010, operates a satellite constellation and offers sovereign Earth observation infrastructure to defense, government, and commercial customers.

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