SatixFy Communications Ltd. announced that Mr. Nir Barkan has been appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer of SatixFy by the Company's Board of Directors effective June 1, 2023, replacing the current CEO, Mr. Ido Gur who is stepping down. Nir Barkan previously served as SatixFy's Chief Commercial Officer from 2014 until 2018. Prior to rejoining SatixFy, from 2018 to 2023, Mr. Barkan was a Co-Founder, Group CTO and the General Manager as well as a Director of Curvalux, a company operating in the field of sustainable fixed wireless broadband technology.

Prior to Curvalux, Mr. Barkan served as a Satcom Product Marketing Manager at Orbit Communication Systems, as a Director of Marketing, Pre-Sale and Support at Novelsat and other senior roles. Mr. Barkan holds an MBA in Strategy and Entrepreneurship and a B.SC in Electronics and Electricity from Tel-Aviv University.