Sequans Communications Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Sequans Communications' CEO is Georges Karam, appointed in Jan 2003, has a tenure of 21.75 years. directly owns 2.16% of the company’s shares, worth €1.17M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4 years and 10.3 years respectively.

Key information

Georges Karam

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	21.8yrs
CEO ownership	2.2%
Management average tenure	4yrs
Board average tenure	10.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Georges Karam (62 yo)

21.8yrs

Tenure

Dr. Georges Karam founded Sequans Communications S.A. in 2003 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2003. Dr. Karam serves as the President of Sequans Communications S.A. Dr. Karam served as Vice...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Georges Karam	Chairman	21.8yrs	no data	2.16% € 1.2m
Deborah Choate	Chief Financial Officer	17.3yrs	no data	0.27% € 146.7k
Danny Kedar	Chief Operating Officer	3.9yrs	no data	0.17% € 91.9k
Nikhil Taluja	Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales	8.1yrs	no data	0.17% € 93.9k
Olivier Pauzet	Executive VP of Marketing & Strategy	1.3yrs	no data	no data
Sophie Jobert	Director of Human Resources	no data	no data	no data
Bertrand Debray	Executive Vice President of Broadband IoT Business	4yrs	no data	0.58% € 313.8k
Louis Chuang	Executive Vice President of Massive IoT Business	2.5yrs	no data	0.045% € 24.5k

4.0yrs

Average Tenure

52yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 6SQ's management team is considered experienced (4 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Georges Karam	Chairman	21.8yrs	no data	2.16% € 1.2m
Denis Berlan	Member of Technical Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
Dominique Pitteloud	Independent Director	19.8yrs	no data	0.039% € 20.9k
Gerhard Fettweis	Member of Technical Advisory Board	3.8yrs	no data	no data
Richard Nottenburg	Independent Director	8.3yrs	no data	0.0010% € 547.8
Zvi Slonimsky	Independent Director	17.9yrs	no data	0.048% € 26.3k
Wesley Cummins	Independent Director	6.3yrs	no data	0% € 0
Hubert de Pesquidoux	Independent Director	13.6yrs	no data	0.017% € 9.2k
Maria Marced	Independent Director	1.3yrs	no data	0% € 0
Hikmet Sari	Member of Technical Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
Yves Maître	Lead Independent Director	10.3yrs	no data	0.071% € 38.5k

10.3yrs

Average Tenure

62yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 6SQ's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 10.3 years average tenure).

Sequans Communications Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Sequans Communications S.A., Annual General Meeting, Feb 12, 2024

Sequans Communications S.A. Appoints Mr. Olivier Pauzet to the Position of EVP Marketing

Sequans Communications S.A., Annual General Meeting, Jun 27, 2023

High number of new directors

Sequans Communications S.A., Annual General Meeting, Jun 24, 2022

Sequans Communications S.A. Appoints Louis (Ping Lin) Chuang to the Position of EVP and GM of Sequans Massive IoT Business Unit

Recent updates

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. acquired 4G IoT technologies of Sequans from Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE : SQNS) for $200 million.

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: US$0.015 loss per share (vs US$0.16 loss in 2Q 2023)

Sequans Communications S.A. announced delayed 20-F filing

Sequans Communications S.A. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Mar 07, 2024

'Renesas Electronics Europe GmbH cancelled the acquisition of unknown remaining stake in Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE:SQNS).

Sequans Communications S.A., Annual General Meeting, Feb 12, 2024

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.16 loss per share (vs US$0.06 loss in 3Q 2022)

Sequans Communications S.A. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Oct 31, 2023

Sequans Communications S.A. Appoints Mr. Olivier Pauzet to the Position of EVP Marketing

Forecast to breakeven in 2025

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.16 loss per share (vs US$0.067 loss in 2Q 2022)

Renesas Electronics Europe GmbH entered into a memorandum of understanding to acquire Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE:SQNS).

Sequans Communications S.A. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 08, 2023

Sequans Communications S.A., Annual General Meeting, Jun 27, 2023

Sequans Introduces Taurus 5G Nr: the World's First Chipset Specifically Optimized for 5G Broadband Iot Devices

First quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.42 loss per share (vs US$0.049 profit in 1Q 2022)

Sequans Communications S.A. Provides Revenue Guidance for the Quarter Ending June 30, 2023

Full year 2022 earnings released: US$0.20 loss per share (vs US$0.55 loss in FY 2021)

Sequans Communications S.A. Provides Revenue Guidance for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2023

Full year 2022 earnings released: US$0.78 loss per share (vs US$0.55 loss in FY 2021)

No longer forecast to breakeven

Sequans Communications S.A. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 14, 2023

No longer forecast to breakeven

No longer forecast to breakeven

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.06 loss per share (vs US$0.005 profit in 3Q 2021)

Sequans Communications S.A. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Quarter Ending December 31, 2022

Sequans Communications S.A. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Nov 02, 2022

Sequans Communications S.A. Provides Revenue Guidance for the Third Quarter of 2022

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.068 loss per share (vs US$0.035 loss in 2Q 2021)

High number of new directors

Sequans Communications S.A. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Aug 02, 2022

Sequans Communications S.A., Annual General Meeting, Jun 24, 2022

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.053 (vs US$0.33 loss in 1Q 2021)

Forecast to breakeven in 2024

Sequans Communications S.A. Appoints Louis (Ping Lin) Chuang to the Position of EVP and GM of Sequans Massive IoT Business Unit

Full year 2021 earnings released: US$0.55 loss per share (vs US$1.94 loss in FY 2020)

Sequans Communications S.A. to Report Q1, 2022 Results on May 03, 2022

Sequans Communications S.A. Announces Monarch 2 Gm02S Module Certification by Deutsche Telekom

Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Sequans Communications S.A. Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter Ending March 31, 2022

Sequans Communications S.A. announced that it has received $9.281349 million in funding from Renesas Electronics Corporation

Sequans Communications S.A. announced that it expects to receive funding from Renesas Electronics Corporation

Sequans Powers Industry-First Low Power CBRS Tracker Introduced at CES

Sequans Communications S.A. in Collaboration with EchoStar Corporation Mobile Adds Support for LTE Band 65 to Its Cassiopeia LTE-Advanced Platform

Sequans Introduces New 4G/5G Cellular Iot Modules Based on Its Second-Generation Cat 1 Calliope 2 Chip

Sequans Communications S.A Introduces Low Power GNSS Positioning Technology on its Monarch 2 LTE-M/NB-IoT Platform

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.005 (vs US$0.30 loss in 3Q 2020)

Insufficient new directors

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.037 loss per share (vs US$0.70 loss in 2Q 2020)

Insufficient new directors

First quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.34 loss per share (vs US$0.44 loss in 1Q 2020)

Sequans Communications S.A. announced that it expects to receive $50.000001 million in funding from Lynrock Lake LP

Full year 2020 earnings released: US$1.94 loss per share (vs US$1.55 loss in FY 2019)

Full year 2020 earnings released: US$1.80 loss per share (vs US$1.55 loss in FY 2019)

Revenue beats expectations

AMIT Wireless and Sequans Partner to Deliver Two New Distance Learning Connectivity Devices for CBRS Networks in USA

New 90-day high: €6.70

Sequans and Thales Extend Collaboration on Next Generation LTE-M, NB-IoT, and Cat 1 Solutions

New 90-day high: €6.05

Renesas Electronics Corporation and Sequans Communications Expands their 5G Collaboration

Sequans Communications S.A. Announces That Withings Has Selected Sequans’ Monarch 2 LTE-M/NB-IoT Technology

Sequans Communications S.A. to Report Q4, 2020 Results on Feb 09, 2021

New 90-day high: €5.25

Sequans Communications S.A. Introduces an LTE IoT Module

Sequans Communications S.A. has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $13.914786 million.

Sequans Monarch 2 Second Generation 5G-Ready LTE-M/NB-IoT Platform Now Available as an Integrated Module

Revenue beats expectations

Third quarter 2020 earnings released: US$0.30 loss per share