Group Management

André Kudelski

André Kudelski began his career in 1984 as a Research & Development engineer with Kudelski SA. In 1986, after working for several months with a firm in Silicon Valley, he returned to work in the family business firstly as Pay TV Product Manager then as Director of Nagravision SA, a company in charge of the Pay TV sector. Mr Kudelski then took over from his father Stefan Kudelski and from 1991 became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the parent company Kudelski SA.

Current mandates Kudelski Group

  • Nagravision SA, Chief Executive Officer
  • Nagra plus SA, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  • SkiData AG, Member of the Supervisory Board
  • Open TV Corp., Executive Chairman until 31.12.2010
  • NagraStar LLC., Co-Chairman

other :

  • Dassault Systèmes SA (France), Board member, member of the Audit Committee and of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee
  • Edipresse SA (Switzerland), Board member, Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA (Switzerland), Board member
  • Nestlé SA (Switzerland), Board member, member of the Audit Committee
  • Comité d’economiesuisse (Switzerland), member
  • Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce (Switzerland), Vice-Chairman

Pierre Roy

Pierre Roy began his professional career with Procter & Gamble as a Financial Analyst in 1975. Following this early experience, he joined IBM in 1977 as a Sales Engineer. In 1979, he began his international career with Digital Equipment Corporation, where he fulfilled various management positions at the European headquarters in Geneva and also abroad, in the Finance and Administration, Marketing and Business Management departments. He joined Kudelski SA in 1992 as Managing Director of Nagra Audio, Business Development Director of Nagravision and Managing Director of Précel (at the time a Kudelski Group company). In 1999 he started his own corporate consultancy firm working in the telecommunications sector while continuing to collaborate on strategic projects for Nagravision. In 2003, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer for the Digital Television sector of the Kudelski Group and Executive Vice President.

Mandates with main operational companies held by Kudelski SA :

  • OpenTV Corp., Board member until 31.12.2010
  • Nagravision SA, Board member, Director
  • SmarDTV SA, Board member
  • Nagra USA, Inc., Board member
  • Nagravision Asia Pte, Ltd., Board member
  • Nagra Media Korea LLC, Board member
  • Nagra Media Pvt Ltd, India, Board member
  • Nagra Thomson Licensing SA, Chairman until 24 June 2011

Mauro Saladini

Mauro Saladini started his career in 1990 as a fniancial services consultant with Accenture. In 1995, he joined Thema Consulting, where he set up the Zurich subsidiary and took responsibility for cash flow and risk management activities. In 1997, he joined McKinsey & Co, where he became a partner in 2001. He worked in particular on corporate finance and strategy projects relating to various industries, mainly media and telecommunications. In addition, Mauro Saladini was in charge of the Swiss Media Practice and joint-head of the European Media Practice. He has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of the Kudelski Group since 1 February 2003.

Mandates with main operational companies held by Kudelski SA :

  • Nagravision SA, Director
  • OpenTV Corp., Board member, until 31.12.2010
  • SkiData AG, Chairman of the Supervisory Board (until 1 July 2012 ; from this date Vice President of the Supervisory Board)
  • NagraID Security SA, Board member

Other :

  • Newave Energy Holding SA (Switzerland), Board member (until 27 February 2012)

Alex Osadzinski

Alex Osadzinski began his professional career in the United Kingdom in 1978, at two successful start-up companies which were subsequently sold. In 1984, he joined AT&T as European Sales Manager. From 1986 to 1994 he worked for Sun Microsystems, where he became Vice President for Markets and Product Strategy. After two years with Grass Valley Group (Tektronix) as Vice President for Marketing and International Sales, President of Grass Valley Japan and General Manager, Mr Osadzinski returned to the world of start-ups with the companies BE from 1996 to 1998 and Vitria Technology from 1998 to 2000. Both these companies were subsequently listed on the stock exchange. He then became CEO of the start-up Katmango. From 2001 to 2008 he was involved in start-ups as a “Venture Partner” through the company Trinity Ventures, one of the main venture capital companies in Silicon Valley and active in software and digital media. In December 2008 Mr Osadzinski joined the Kudelski Group as Executive Vice President Product in the Digital Television division. On 1 January 2012, Mr Osadzinski became Executive Vice President and Director Strategy and Business Development.

Mandates with main operational companies held by Kudelski SA :

  • Nagravision SA, Director
  • OpenTV Corp., Board member (until 27 June 2011)
  • OpenTV Inc., Board member and Director