Intelsat S.A. announced that José Manuel do Rosário Toscano will be joining as head of international government affairs, effective September 4, 2017. Toscano will join the Luxembourg global headquarters office. In this newly created role, Toscano will be responsible for the company's international government relations and other international advocacy activities, particularly with respect to the company's European, Africa and Asia interests. He will also manage the company's Luxembourg-based asset deployment program. Toscano joins the company from the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, where he served as ITSO's Director General and Chief Executive Officer since 2009 and as ITSO's Director of External Affairs from 2003-2009. Prior to joining ITSO, he held senior positions at the Instituto das Comunicacoes de Portugal, including Director of Engineering and Director of International Affairs and at the European Commission in Brussels from 1988 through 1996.