Patrick K. Brant Named President of Loral Skynet

NEW YORK, August 6/Satnews Daily/ — Loral Space & Communications named last week Patrick K. Brant president of subsidiary Loral Skynet succeeding Terry Hart. Brant, 53, takes the helm at Loral Skynet as Loral prepares to file a plan of reorganization that should allow it to emerge from bankruptcy before the end of the year. 

Loral Skynet owns and operates a fleet of four telecommunications satellites that, in combination with its established hybrid VSAT/fiber global network infrastructure, provides secure, high-quality video broadcasting, broadband data transmission, Internet services and other value-added communications services to commercial and government customers.

Brant served as an executive at Loral Cyberstar from 1999 to 2003, ultimately as its president and CEO.  He was a leading participant in Cyberstar's integration into Loral Skynet in 2003. His strong sales, marketing and business development background includes senior management positions at satellite companies, including Orbital Communications and American Mobile Satellite Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Maryland.