The Arsat shareholders’ meeting will elect the new board of directors this Thursday and will propose Facundo Leal as president, who in turn will retain the position of General Manager of the company, and will succeed the current Secretary of Commerce, Matias Tombolini, at the head of the state company.
The Unanimous Self-Convened Ordinary General Assembly of Shareholders was convened by the current Chief of Cabinet of Ministers, Juan Manzur, for tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the company’s headquarters located on the 14th floor of Avenida del Libertador 498, in the City of Buenos Aires. Aires, according to official documents.
The assembly must accept the resignation of the presidency of the current Secretary of Commerce Matías Tombolini, and integrate the new board.
In addition to Leal’s appointment, two other directors who have been exercising this function since the beginning of this government administration and in the government led by Cristina Fernández will be ratified: Guillermo Rus and Marcelo Tesoro.
They will also ratify the director Soledad Gonnet, and will appoint as director the Secretary for Administrative Coordination of the Chief of Staff, Alejandro Persano.
The new integration, which reflects a continuation of the Government’s policy on the state company, has in its hands the extension of the fiber optic network at the national level, advancing in the tests of satellite connectivity in the KA band, especially for schools and health posts, ahead of the launch of the Arsat SG1 satellite, the third geostationary unit manufactured in Argentina.
The Assembly will be chaired by the head of the Cabinet of Advisors Unit of the Head of the Cabinet of Ministers, Rodolfo Martín Yañez.
