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