Smith joins Inmarsat from Rolls-Royce, where he was most recently president of the group’s nuclear business and had previously held the roles of COO for the nuclear business, and president of the company’s submarine business.
Rupert Pearce, Inmarsat CEO, said: “The wealth of experience Jason brings will make a vital contribution to Inmarsat’s success at an exciting juncture in the transformation of the company. Jason’s appointment underlines our commitment to accelerating the development of new capabilities at Inmarsat; ensuring that our customers and partners have access to the most advanced, efficient and effective high-speed connectivity solutions on land, sea and air.”
In addition, Inmarsat has announced the appointment of Mark Warner as head of marketing communications for its maritime business unit.
Reporting to Inmarsat Chief Marketing Officer, Chris McLaughlin, Warner will take responsibility for maritime marketing communications activities, with the objective of opening up the full potential of high-speed connectivity at sea across vertical markets, including merchant shipping.
Warner joined Inmarsat after seven years with ShipServ, where he was a director for marketing and business development.
“During my time at ShipServ I worked closely with shipowners and shipmanagers at strategic level as they converted key parts of their business functionality to digital formats. The wider maritime sector is now changing rapidly, and digital strategy has been given a place in the boardroom. I am delighted to join Inmarsat at a time when Fleet Xpress is enabling the digital revolution for ships at sea,” Warner said.