Francis Prout

Francis Prout is Vice President of Global Sales Engineering at ST Engineering iDirect. In this leadership role, he oversees a global team of pre-sales engineers and solution architects who provide technical pre-sales support to customers and partners, which includes the design and implementation of complex solutions tailored to their specific challenges.

Prout has 25 years’ experience in the satellite communications industry, working initially for BT and then Cable & Wireless (now Vodafone), before joining iDirect over 16 years ago. Throughout his tenure at iDirect, he has progressed from a pre-sales engineer to various roles within the sales engineering organization, including management positions in Europe and EMEA, culminating in his promotion as Vice President of Global Sales in 2023.

He holds a Master of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath, England.