SES NEW SKIES Establishes New Management Team

SES NEW SKIES, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) today
announces three senior appointments which establishes its new
management team following the completion of all post acquisition
integration activities.

Gerson Souto has been named Senior Vice President Commercial
Services and will assume general responsibility for the commercial
management of SES NEW SKIES existing satellite capacity and service
offerings. In this role, Gerson will oversee the Marketing
Communications, Business and Fleet Planning, and Spectrum/Program
Management functions of the company. Gerson joins SES NEW SKIES from
SES, where he was Senior Vice President Strategic Market Development,
and as such intimately involved in SES geographic and services
development since 1998.

Steve Collar bas been appointed Senior Vice President Market
Development. Steve, who has been with the company since 1999 was
instrumental in the design, configuration and procurement of four of
SES NEW SKIES´ existing spacecraft and now assumes overall leadership
of SES NEW SKIES´ efforts to expand its satellite and service
portfolio including the design of new spacecraft and products. Steve
will also oversee SES NEW SKIES´ long range strategic planning
activities in close cooperation with other SES entities.

Jonas Mattsson will join SES NEW SKIES as Chief Financial Officer
(CFO) effective January 2, 2008. Jonas has most recently been the CFO
of SES SIRIUS. As a Member of the SES SIRIUS Management Team he was
involved in developing the Nordic and Eastern European markets for SES
SIRIUS and is well acquainted with the satellite industry as well as
the SES Group. Prior to his appointment at SES SIRIUS, Jonas was
employed by mobile network provider Ericsson in a variety of roles,
including Business and Finance Controlling and oversaw Ericsson´s
participation in various joint ventures.

These three new appointees join SES NEW SKIES veterans Scott
Sprague, Senior Vice President Global Sales and Thai Rubin, Senior
Vice President and General Counsel, as members of the SES NEW SKIES
Management Committee. States Rob Bednarek, President and CEO of SES
NEW SKIES: "I am proud and enthusiastic that our service to our
customers and evolution in the market will be led by such a strong,
experienced and energetic team. Together with all the talented members
of the SES NEW SKIES organization, it is my conviction that we are
well prepared and ideally positioned to create value for our customers
and shareholders."

About SES NEW SKIES

SES NEW SKIES is an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) offering
satellite communication services to a range of customers including
telecommunications providers, broadcasters, corporations and
governments around the world. SES NEW SKIES owns and operates a global
fleet of seven satellites in orbit, with two additional spacecraft
under construction (NSS-9 and NSS-12) and ground facilities around the
world. Headquartered in The Hague, the company has offices in Beijing,
Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington,
D.C. In addition to SES NEW SKIES, SES wholly owns the market-leading
satellite operators SES ASTRA in Europe and SES AMERICOM in North
America and also holds strategic participations in SES Sirius in
Europe, Ciel in Canada and Quetzsat in Mexico. SES provides
outstanding satellite communications solutions via a global fleet of
37 satellites in 25 orbital locations. Further information on the
company is available at www.ses-newskies.com and on SES at www.ses.com