Leadership
At Hanwha Phasor, our leadership team is composed of individuals with extensive experience in grasping the intricacies of our industry, technology, and solutions. Each individual is well-prepared to foster exceptional talent, enabling them to address the dynamic challenges of the ever-evolving satellite communications ecosystem.

Dongwan Yoo
Chief Executive Officer
Over 27 years of experience leading strategy and business development and managing aero-engines businesses across US and Asia, including over 7 years consulting experience with Boston Consulting Group and Arthur D Little. Currently, operates as Executive Senior Vice President of Hanwha Aerospace and Hanwha Systems, leading space businesses across rocket construction, satellite communications and advanced air mobility.

Dominic Philpott
Chief Operating Officer
Over 23 years of experience delivering complex RF and electro-optical systems to market, holding VP positions in Operations, Procurement and Industrial Engineering. Led multi-site and multinational organisations at Leonardo after commercial roles at global logistics concern, Celestica.

Yee Hong Tan
Senior Vice President, Engineering
Over 20 years of experience delivering mobile satellite terminal development projects in L-, S- and K-bands, covering land, maritime and aero markets. Held various positions at Inmarsat as a Senior Systems Engineer, Senior Engineering Manager, Director of Satellite User Terminal Enablers Engineer, and various positions at Hanwha Phasor such as Vice President of Product Development, and Vice President of Engineering.

Brian Cho
Vice President Corporate Planning
Over 25 years of tactical communications engineering experience, including multi-beam phased array antennas for drones and military satellite communications. Has held positions as Research and Development Engineer, System Engineer, and Head of Product Development at companies such as Hanwha Systems and Samsung Electronics.

Merv Hayes
Vice President ASIC Engineering
Over 33 years of experience in Electronics Engineering specialising in RF and Microwave module design, with 25+ years focused on custom MMIC chip design using leading semiconductor technologies, for EW and radar applications. Has held multiple leadership roles at Leonardo covering site, UK and transnational levels – ranging from Technology leadership for internal applied research programmes, to Head of UK electronics engineering function.

Michael Young
Vice President Business Development
Over 27 years of experience in the satellite communications Industry as a Director for Commercial and Government Programs and Vice President of Business Development for medium to large companies such as, General Dynamics, Ultra Intelligence & Communications, Envistacom, TrustComm, Harris CapRock. Michael also served over 17 years in the US Army and culminated his career assigned to Joint Special Operations Command.

Fergus Taylor-Gregg
Senior Finance Director
Over 30 years of experience working in senior finance leadership roles as a Chief Financial Officer, Finance Director, and consulting in sectors ranging from power generation to software, specializing in international, fast growth sectors and high-tech companies. Has worked for companies such as Third Republic and Community Fibre Limited.

Sarah Tobin
Head of Human Resources
Over 20 years of experience in human resources management and employment law in small-to-medium-sized RF technology companies including Frontier Smart, Sensium and Bowers & Wilkins.

David Adams
Project Engineering Director and Head of Antenna Engineering
Over 37 plus years of experience in antenna design and programme management in industrial antenna R&D and related RF fields. Has held various Engineering and Management positions at GEC, Nortel, Ace Antennas and e2V (now Teledyne).

Andy Anderson
Spacecraft Systems Technical Director
Over 17 years of experience in radar and AESA development, and 20 years + in satcom and phased array antennas. Has held various titles such as Senior Payload Manager, Director of Systems, and Chief Engineer at companies such as Raytheon, AirBus, Intelsat, All.Space, Airborne Communications, and Leonardo.

Simon Cushin
Hardware Director
Over 30 years of experience in full life cycle product development for leading-edge, enterprise-grade computer networking equipment in large corporate and early-stage start-up environments, with extensive experience in high-volume manufacturing, consumer electronics and fabless-semiconductor and satcom companies. Has held various Engineering positions at companies such as VeeBeam, Staccato Communications/Artimi, 3Com and BICC Data Networks

John Mills
Satcom Integration Director
Over 30 years of experience in civil and military VSAT communications. Held positions across systems engineering, project management, operations, technical business development, at companies such as British Telecom, Hughes Network Systems, Paradigm and Astrium.

Fiona Wilson
Project Engineering Director and Head of Systems
Over 30 years of experience in designing systems, primarily in antenna array processing and digital signal processing applications, technical strategy and product evolution planning, and is an inventor of thirty-one US-granted patents. Has held positions at companies such as Nortel and Ace Axis.