The Board of Directors holds meetings every three months to carry out its overall mission of driving the company global strategy and duties, and to exercise its power under Arabsat's constitutive agreement. The Arabsat board of directors secures, invests in, and maintains Arabsat space resources and implement the policies approved by the General Assembly.
The Board of Directors consists of 9 annually-elected members from Arabsat’s member-countries, as follows:
- 5 members from the main shareholders;
- 2 elected members from recommended users with the highest capacity usage; who have paid their financial obligations 100%.
- 2 elected members from recommended users with the oldest membership record; who have paid their financial obligations 100%.