Biography

David M. Tolley joined the KVH Board of Directors in June 2022 and was named Chairman of the Board in July 2023. Mr. Tolley is also a member of our audit committee and our nominating and corporate governance committee and serves as the chairman of our compensation committee. After joining the board of directors of WeWork, Inc., a leading global flexible space provider, in February 2023, Mr. Tolley served as its chief executive officer from May 2023 to June 2024. During his tenure at WeWork, Mr. Tolley guided the company through a complex global restructuring to position it for future growth, including the filing of a voluntary case under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in November 2023, which concluded in June 2024. Previously, he served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and co-chief restructuring officer of Intelsat S.A. from June 2019 to March 2022, where he helped to lead a multi-billion dollar restructuring of one of the world’s largest satellite services providers. In May 2020, during Mr. Tolley’s tenure, Intelsat S.A. and its subsidiaries filed voluntary cases under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, which concluded in February 2022. From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Tolley served as chief financial officer for Network Access Associates Ltd. (“OneWeb”), a leading global satellite constellation deployed in low Earth orbit (“LEO”). From 2000 to 2011, Mr. Tolley served as a senior managing director in the Private Equity Group at Blackstone Inc., a leading investment firm, where he led satellite services strategy and investing and served on the Private Equity Investment Committee. From 1990 to 2000, he was a vice president at Morgan Stanley, a leading financial services company, in the Investment Banking Division, where he provided banking and advisory services to established and emerging companies in the broader communications sector. He has served on the boards of directors of fourteen public and private companies, including WeWork, Inc. from February 2023 to June 2024, DigitalBridge Group from 2022 to the present, Cumulus Media from 2006 to 2017, NewSkies Satellites from 2004 to 2006 and Centennial Communications from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Tolley holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and History from the University of Michigan.