International Council
SAT-7’s International Council guides and oversees SAT-7’s work.
Its current members are:
Archbishop Angaelos
Chair of the Council, Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London
MONSIGNOR PAUL NABIL EL-SAYAH
Deputy Chair of the Council, Maronite Church, Antioch
Mark Schifferdecker
Treasurer of the Council
DR TERENCE ASCOTT
Secretary of the Council, SAT-7 Founder & President
ARCHBISHOP YOUSSEF SOUEIF
Maronite Church, Tripoli
ARCHBISHOP SEBOUH SARKISSIAN
Armenian Orthodox Archbishop of Tehran, Iran
METROPOLITAN MARCOS
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Shoubra El Kheima, Cairo
DR MARTIN ACCAD
Theologian and Academic, Lebanon
"DR ZIYA"
Turkish Academic, Researcher, and Writer
REV FAYEZ ISHAK YOUSSEF
Itinerant Minister in the Arab world
Roy Kemp
Member, SAT-7 UK Trustee
Rev. Rifaat Fikry
Representative for the MECC
DR MIKE BASSOUS
Representative for the United Bible Societies
HENRIK MELKSTAM
Chair of SAT-7 Europe & SAT-7 Partnership Council
KURT BUCHHOLZ
SAT-7 Partners Representative
Mervi Viuhko
SAT-7 Partners Representative
REV MANSOUR BORJI
Chair, SAT-7 PARS Board
HALE GENCEL
Chair, SAT-7 TÜRK Board
ENG. FOUAD YOUSSEF
Chair, SAT-7 Egypt Board
PETER B. SCHULZE
Chair, SAT-7 USA Board
Richard Giles
Chair, SAT-7 UK Board
REV HANY BOGHOSSIAN
Chair, SAT-7 Canada Board
Rev. Dr. Rudi Zimmer
Chair, SAT-7 Brazil Board
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Without vote
RITA EL-MOUNAYER
Chief Executive Officer, SAT-7
Jan Ørskov
Chief Operations Officer, SAT-7
George Makeen
Executive Director, SAT-7 Arabic Channels
Melih Ekener
Executive Director, SAT-7 TÜRK
Panayiotis Keenan
Executive Director, SAT-7 PARS