Eutelsat Communications has appointed Yohann Leroy as a director of strategy. He is a 32-year-old engineering graduate, who worked as head of the industrial development of the Regional Department of Industry, Research and the Environment (Drire) in Ile-de-France between 2003 and 2007. Until now he was working as a technical adviser in the office of François Fillon, in charge of issues relating to the digital economy and industrial policy.