President and CEO
Senior Vice President, Strategic Development
Senior Vice President, Engineering
Senior Vice President, Finance & Accounting
Vice President, Product Management
Senior Vice President, Service Delivery
David Broadbent is President & CEO of SES Space & Defense effective 17 July 2025.
Broadbent joined Intelsat in November 2023 from RTX, where he served most recently as president of the company’s Space Systems business unit. Broadbent had been with Raytheon for more than 20 years in various senior business development, program execution, contracts, supply chain management and financial planning roles. Before joining Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems team in the U.K. in 2002, he worked with Vickers Defence Systems in engineering design, supply chain, and program management in both Germany and the U.K.
Broadbent earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Newcastle University and completed postgraduate studies in contract law at Northumbria University.
Jay Icard is the Senior Vice President for Strategic Development at SES Space & Defense. Jay is a seasoned leader with over 30 years of industry experience in government and enterprise telecommunications and 15+ years in commercial satellite integration.
Jay comes to SES Space & Defense most recently serving as the Chief Executive Officer at XTAR, where he was responsible for the overall direction, strategy, and business operations. While at XTAR, Jay combined his technical background, business acumen and operational know-how to transform the company into a trusted source for advancing industry innovation within the “Fighting SATCOM” vision of the U.S. Space Force.
Prior to XTAR, Jay held profit and loss (P&L) management and business development leadership roles with TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) and Comtech. At TCS and Comtech, he was responsible for Strategic Business Development for major U.S. Government programs and held leadership positions in Cyber Security, Satellite Managed Services and Professional Services. Prior to Comtech and TCS, Jay worked for Oracle, MCI and in the Department of Defense acquisition community.
Nitin Bhat is the Senior Vice President of Engineering at SES Space & Defense. Nitin has over 30 years’ experience designing and developing wireless, terrestrial, Information Technology (IT), and cyber solutions for the U.S government and military.
In addition, Nitin has an extensive technical background in designing end-to-end solutions for mission-critical, large-scale Department of Defense tactical networks.
Nitin manages a diverse and skilled team of engineers focused on aerospace, terrestrial, cyber, networking, advanced technologies, Network Operations and Security Center (GNOSC), and software development.
Prior to joining SES Space & Defense, Nitin served at DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (GES) for nine years most recently as Vice President, Engineering and Technical Operations.
Scott Galus is the Senior Vice President of Finance & Accounting at SES Space & Defense. Scott is a seasoned leader with more than 20 years of federal contracting sector experience.
Scott joined SES Space & Defense in 2009, during his tenure he has led multiple departments, from finance to sales and operations. As Senior Vice President of Finance & Accounting, Scott is responsible for the company’s financial operations, overseeing all financial functions from accounting to financial planning and reporting.
Prior to joining the SES Space & Defense team, Scott worked at SAIC for 12 years and at SES Satellites.
Scott holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics (Dual Major) with a Minor in Mathematics from the University of New York at Brockport.