Intelsat Ltd. announced March 17 that Jeffrey Freimark has been appointed as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective on the resignation of Robert Medlin.

Medlin has been serving as acting chief financial officer of Intelsat since June 2005 and is expected to resign his post in April 2006.

Freimark resigned March 15 as executive vice president, chief financial and information officer of Beverly Enterprises Inc., a leading provider of healthcare services to the elderly. Prior to his role at Beverly, Freimark held officer-level positions at a number of public companies, including serving as chief financial officer of OfficeMax Inc., chief executive officer, president, and chief financial officer for Grand Union Company, and chief financial officer of Pueblo International Inc.

Intelsat Chief Executive Officer Dave McGlade commented, “Jeff’s experience in working with the capital markets and building strong finance and accounting teams will be very valuable as Intelsat completes the Panamsat merger.”