Speakers
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Virgil Labrador
Editor-in-ChiefSatellite Markets and Research
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Ksenia Drozdova
Director GeneralIntersputnik
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Sylvia Poll
Head of the Digital Society
Division, BDTInternational Telecommunication Union
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Jose Del Rosario
ConsultantNSR
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Alvaro Sanchez
CEOIntegrasys
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Majdi Atout
Senior Consultant for IoTAPPLIOT
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Vivek Prasad
Senior Analyst & Program headNSR
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Vaibhav Magow
VP-International DivisionHughes Network Systems
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Hagay Katz
Chief Product and Marketing OfficerGilat
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Jaume Sanpera
Founder and CEOSateliot
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Andrey Kirillovich
Director of Strategy, Marketing
and Business DevelopmentIntersputnik
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Jean-Benoît Laithier
Principal AdvisorNovaSpace
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Ekachai Phakdurong
Chief Strategy OfficerThaicom Public Company Limited
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Ekaterina Pereponova
Senior Manager, Commercial Dep.Intersputnik
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Ronald van der Breggen
Chief Commercial OfficerRivada Space Networks
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Pacome Revillon
CEOEuroconsult
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Aarti Holla-Maini
Secretary GeneralESOA
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Mark Guthrie
Chief Commercial OfficerAzercosmos
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Guy Limouzin
Government Export Sales
DIrectorAirbus Defence and Space
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Leonid Konik
CEO/PartnerComnews Group/Comnews Research
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Dmitry Zakaliukin
Deputy Director for Satellite
Communications DevelopmentBelintersat
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Nicolas Tenaud
Sales Director Russia and CISThales Alenia Space
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Elshad Mammadov
Senior Sales ManagerAzercosmos
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Vladimir Glebsky
Director of Regional Projects
Development DepartmentIntersputnik
Born on 7 March 1969 in Moscow. In 1994 Ms. Drozdova graduated from Moscow State Academy of Printing Arts. In 1996 she earned an MBA degree in Finance from Kennedy-Western University (USA). In 2012 she graduated from the Higher Business School of Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics majoring in “Corporate Management in Telecommunications”. Ms. Drozdova holds a DBA degree. In 2019 she graduated from the Graduate School of Management and Innovation of Lomonosov Moscow State University under the programme “Corporate Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Startup-Instruments for Corporations”.
From 1994 to 1995 she was employed as Senior Expert of the Department of Strategic Research at Stolichny Bank (Russia).
In 1998 Ms. Drozdova joined Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), where she dealt with corporate finance, headed the marketing division, and in 2005 became Deputy Head of Business Development Service. In 2008 Ms. Drozdova was appointed RSCC Deputy Director General for Business Development in charge of marketing, sales of the company’s services, and public relations.
From 2009 to April 2021 Ms. Drozdova held the office of the Chair of the Operations Committee of the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications. Since 15 June 2021 Ms. Drozdova has been in office as Intersputnik Director General.
Andrey Kirillovich joined INTERSPUTNIK International Organization of Space Communications as Director of Strategy, Marketing and Business Development in July 2021 to take responsibility over the organization’s strategy development and implementation, marketing and PR activities. Besides this he is responsible for expansion to new markets and development of new business initiatives.
Before that for almost nine years Andrey was working in Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), a leading regional GEO satellite operator, as Director of Integration Services and Turnkey Projects. In RSCC he was engaged in turnkey solutions and services on the international markets. In his role Andrey has developed a portfolio of satellite communications and broadcasting services to enhance RSCC position at regional vertical markets all across the globe.
Prior to continuing his career in RSCC Andrey was Regional Sales Director in VT iDirect, Inc., where he managed sales and marketing of iDirect VSAT products in Russia and CIS countries. During almost six years in iDirect he brought this technology vendor to leading positions on VSAT market in the region.
Before iDirect Andrey spent seven years in RSCC at various sales positions, where he was responsible for sales of satellite bandwidth to international customers in EMEA and Asia regions.
Andrey holds Ph. D. degree in Economics from Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics.
He is also a member of the Advisory Board in Via Satellite Magazine – a leading media in satellite industry.
Virgil Labrador is the Editor-in-Chief of Los Angeles, California-based Satellite Markets and Research which publishes a web portal on the satellite industry www.satellitemarkets.com, the monthly Satellite Executive Briefing magazine and occasional industry reports called MarketBriefs. Virgil is one of the few trade journalists who has a proven track record working in the commercial satellite industry. He worked as a senior executive for a teleport in Singapore, the Asia Broadcast Center, then-owned by the US broadcasting company CBS. He has co-authored two books on the history of satellite communications and satellite technology. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including the Encyclopaedia Britannica. He holds a Master’s in Communications Management from the University of Southern California (USC). He can be reached at virgil@satellitemarkets.com
Jose del Rosario is a senior member of the consulting team of NSR (an Analysys Mason company) where he focuses his research on quantitative modelling, data verification, and market forecasting for the commercial and government satellite communications sectors. He conducts ongoing research with specialisation in policy analysis, economic indicators, regulatory initiatives and end-user demand trends. In addition to authoring numerous syndicated reports in his areas of focus, Jose has been involved in a wide range of strategic consulting projects. He has advised clients on market trends, implications, and strategies on such diverse topics as high throughput satellites (HTS), hosted payloads, wireless backhaul, SCADA/M2M/LDR and multi-mission satellite programmes.
Jose worked with Frost & Sullivan as Program Leader of the Mobile Communications Group, as Senior Analyst & Program Leader of the Satellite Communications Group, and most recently as Country Manager for the Philippines. Other experience includes being the Development, Outreach & Communications Specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Philippines where he contributed to USAID/Philippines’ various programmes in energy, environment, health, education, economic development and governance. He was also the Public Affairs Officer of the European Commission’s Delegation in the Philippines, co-managing the Commission’s programmes on economic co-operation and development assistance. He performed economic and political risk assessment of the Philippines and ASEAN, for use by Delegation officials in the Philippines and in the Commission’s headquarters in Brussels. Jose also worked as a congressional aide for the Malaysian Embassy and as a telecoms legal researcher for Irwin & Lesse in Washington, D.C. Jose holds a Master of Arts degree in Applied Economics from The American University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science/International Relations from the University of Santa Clara.
Vaibhav Magow, vice president at Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), leads the company’s broadband systems sales effort in the Asia Pacific, Middle East/Africa, Europe and Russia/CIS regions. Mr. Magow works closely with satellite operators, mobile network operators, and national and local government agencies to tailor and implement high performing and efficient satellite solutions to help connect the unconnected and enable enterprise digital transformations. A satellite communications and IT professional with more than 25 years of experience, Mr. Magow has held positions of increasing responsibility in sales, product development, marketing and program management over the course of his career. Prior to joining Hughes in his regional role, Mr. Magow focused on the Indian satellite market at Hughes Communications India, Ltd. (Hughes India). Mr. Magow obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Pune in Pune, Maharashtra, India. He speaks frequently at regional industry conferences and panels. Consumers, businesses, governments and communities around the world benefit from the connected experiences enabled by Hughes technologies and services. To learn more, visit our website at www.hughes.com or follow us on Twitter @HughesConnects and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/HughesConnects
Profile at Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaibhavmagow/
Majdi Atout is Senior Consultant for IoT at APPLIOT. He has over 20 years of experience and expertise in the satcom industry which he leverages to provide innovative solutions for Aero, Mobility, and IoT over VSAT markets. He has a strong track record of developing and evolving various verticals in the ME&A region, such as Banking, Oil & Gas, Military & Government, Telco's & GSM, and Satellite operators.
Alvaro Sanchez is the CEO of Integrasys, Marquess of Antella (Noble Title 1649). Alvaro has a Software and Industrial engineering degree from European University and a master’s degree in business from ESIC Business School. Alvaro during the last 10 years has worked at Integrasys in management, and sales executive roles where he was very successful growing the sales, revenue, profit, and profile of the company. Previous to Integrasys, he worked at CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research as an RF Engineer, measuring timing in a Nanosecond Synchronization for measuring the Neutrino Speed. Adding to his professional repertoire, in 2021 Alvaro collaborated with IE University to achieve his lifelong goal of helping others. He was professor of “Introduction to Business Management” at the Artificial Intelligence Degree.
Jaume Sanpera, founder and CEO at Sateliot, is a serial entrepreneur backed by over 30 years of experience and deep expertise in the telecommunications industry. During his career, Jaume founded several companies, including the global business group Eurona, a leading satellite operator in Europe. In 2018, he founded Sateliot the company that is launching commercially the first 5G NTN NB-IoT LEO constellation to offer 100% connectivity everywhere on the planet, providing service to commercial cellular NB-IoT RF modules able to support the newly introduced Non-Terrestrial-Network (NTN) features as per latest 3GPP Release 17
Sean Yarborough is a Vice President of Product Management at ST Engineering iDirect. In this role, Yarborough oversees the strategies for iDirect’s platform portfolio which includes managing the entire lifecycle from conception to end of life. Prior to joining ST Engineering iDirect, Sean was a Vice President of Service Assurance, with Spirent Communications, where he managed a portfolio of mature and new service assurance solutions for voice, video, and data services in the telecommunications and enterprise markets. These solutions ranged from traditional hardware appliances to SaaS based solutions. At Spirent, Sean advised leading service providers around the world on best practices for activating, monitoring, and troubleshooting business, wireless, and residential services. With over 25 years of experience in the IT, mobile, telecom, and satellite markets, Sean offers a unique blend of knowledge and cross-functional experience to educate the global community on the importance of satellite technology and its continued alignment with telco initiatives. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering (University of Virginia) and an MBA (University of Maryland - College Park).
Prior to joining Gilat, Hagay served as VP Strategic Accounts - Cyber Security at Allot Communications (Nasdaq – ALLT) where he was instrumental in transforming Allot to be the market leader of network- based cyber-security as-a-service for communication Service Providers. Previously he served as Gilat's Head of the VSAT Line of Business. In this period Gilat became the world leader for LTE cellular and commercial In- Flight broadband Connectivity over satellite. Earlier in his career, Hagay held senior positions in Sales, Marketing and Product Management at Modu Mobile, PacketLight Networks, which he co-founded (Acquired) and Telstra Research Laboratories. Hagay started his career in an elite technology unit of the IDF and is the co-author of nine granted patents. Hagay holds a BSc and MSc in Electronic Engineering from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA from Monash University.
Since January 2020, Sylvia Poll is the Head of the Digital Society Division in the Telecommunication Development Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). This Division focuses on digital inclusion, and digital innovation ecosystems. Before that, she was for five years the Head of the ITU Project Support Division.
Sylvia Poll was the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other International Organizations in Switzerland from 2010 to 2014, where she was the main focal point for Costa Rica, on sport for development and peace, as well as ITU, WIPO, WHO and IOM. Prior to this position, she was the Latin America Regional Manager of Executive Programs at the INCAE Business School and a manager at a Costa Rican communications company.
Ms. Poll was also an accomplished elite swimmer. She represented Costa Rica in two Olympic Games, Seoul, Korea 1988 and Barcelona, Spain, 1992. She won a silver medal, the first Olympic medal ever at that time, for Costa Rica and Central America, in addition to winning over 600 medals at national, regional and world swimming competitions. She was chosen the Best Athlete in Latin America two years in a row, in 1988 and 1989. Since 2010 she is a Member of the international organization “Peace and Sport”, as one of their “Champions of Peace”, a special Sport Ambassador, to help build sustainable peace through sport. She has also written on sport in different media outlets and worked as an expert swimming commentator during the broadcasting of the recent Rio Olympic Games 2016. Ms. Poll holds a Master in Business Administration and an Executive Master in International Negotiations and Policy Making.
JEAN-BENOIT LAITHIER, Principal Advisor, NovaSpace
Jean-Benoit joined Novaspace in 2021 as Principal Advisor focusing on the satellite communication ecosystem. Since he joined the company, Jean-Benoît has led strategic consulting mandates for a set of government and commercial clients. Jean-Benoit has been the editor in chief for Novaspace’s Market Intelligence report Ground Segment Market Prospects for the last two years. He also contributed to Satellite Connectivity & Video Market. Prior to joining Novaspace, Jean-Benoit was Manager, Sales & Business Development at the satellite operator SES, responsible for business development, pre-sales, sales and post-sales activities in the Government & Institution domain. From 2007 to 2019, Jean Benoit was Marketing Manager and Bid coordinator at Thales Alenia Space, working on Satellite communications and Navigation fields.
Jean-Benoit holds an Aeronautical Engineering Degree from ENAC, a Master’s Degree in Microwaves and Optical Telecommunications from Université Paul Sabatier and an MBA from EDHEC Business School.
Mr. Ekachai Phakdurong, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Thaicom Public Company Limited
Mr. Ekachai Phakdurong is a professional business executive in satellite and telecommunications industries. He is currently Thaicom Public Company Limited's Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), overseeing the company's corporate strategy, business development, and corporate communications.
With his strong engineering background and more than 20 years of experience in the industry, he held several leadership positions at Thaicom, including director and head of business units overseeing subsidiaries in Thailand and overseas, regulatory and government affairs, business strategy, business development, engineering, operations, customer services, and corporate communications.
Ekachai has a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California in Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honors in Electrical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
Ronald van der Breggen, Chief Commercial Officer of Rivada Space Networks, has more than 30 years’ experience in the terrestrial data-networking and satellite industry where he worked in leading management positions. A native of the Netherlands, van der Breggen began his telecom career at Dutch Telecom incumbent KPN. From 2003 to 2013, he served as Vice President Customer Account Management at SES, one of the world’s leading satellite operators. Having worked in both the fiber and satellite industries, Ronald knows first-hand the traditional limitation for data on satellites as compared to fiber. With Rivada’s unique constellation network this will now change as it brings opportunities for customers they never had before. Ronald holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Nijenrode University as well as a Master’s in Business Telecommunications from the Technical University of Delft, both in the Netherlands.
Miss. Ekaterina Pereponova, Senior Manager, Commercial Department, Intersputnik – experienced specialist with master’s degree in management and extensive knowledge in the satellite communications industry. With over 7 years of experience at Intersputnik, she is responsible for opening new markets, developing global strategies, implementing projects with a high degree of complexity and providing alternative solutions with a high level of efficiency.
Vivek Prasad – Senior Analyst & Program head, NSR (An Analysys Mason company)
Mr. Prasad been involved in the Space Industry since 2010, joining NSR in 2019. At NSR, now An Analysys Mason Company, he heads the Satellite Capacity program and leads the research & consulting efforts covering Satcom Capacity supply & demand, Consumer Broadband, Enterprise VSAT & Constellations markets. Prior to NSR, he was leading the Frost & Sullivan Space Research Program as Industry Principal. At Frost & Sullivan, he spearheaded research areas encompassing Small-satellites, Mega-constellations, Enterprise broadband & Satellite Communication markets and led multiple client-centric consulting assignments including the UK Space Agency Spaceport business model. Mr. Prasad is an ex-ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) scientist and has worked in the System Integration Group of ISRO Satellite Centre Bangalore for 7 years (2010-2017), executing System engineer to Project manager roles. His responsibilities included Satellite Configuration analysis, System Integration, Mass properties management, Launch interface studies, and Project Management. During his tenure at ISRO, he has worked on seven satellite projects including SARAL: An Indo-French Satellite and ASTROSAT: India’s first dedicated astronomy satellite. He was also a core team member responsible for the design and development of ISRO’s first Nano-satellite platform, INS-1A & INS-1B.
For more details: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivek-suresh-prasad-4b9638b6/
Vladimir Glebsky,
Director of Regional Projects Development Department
Intersputnik
Vladimir Glebsky was born in Moscow on June 7, 1968. In 1991 he graduated from the Aircraft Radio Electronics Department of the Moscow Aviation Institute and in 1998 took a professional training course in management and marketing at the Moscow Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship.
In 1991 – 1998 he worked for several space industry companies specializing in the upgrading and design of satellites of the Cospas-Sarsat international fleet, Gorizont, Express, Gals, and Bonum telecommunications and broadcasting satellites.
In 1998 – 2007 Vladimir Glebsky held various positions at Russian Satellite Communications Company having advanced from the position of Chief Specialist to that of Deputy CEO. On several occasions he represented the Telecommunications Administration of Russia at Intelsat and in 2003-2006 he sat on the managing board of the Eutelsat international organization.
On the recommendations of the Russian Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Vladimir Glebsky held in 2007-2012 a diplomatic office at the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the EU in Brussels serving as Counselor for the development of information society, telecommunications and ICT. In 2013 he joined the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications as
Advisor to the Director General. In August 2017 he was appointed Director for the development of regional projects.
Married with two sons.
Dmitry Zakaliukin,
Deputy Director for Satellite Communications Development
BELINTERSAT
Dzmitry Zakaliukin was born in 1974 into military family. Dzmitry studied at A.F. Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy of Russian Federation and graduated from the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus.
From 1998 to 2009 Dzmitry served in various posts of the Signal Troops of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.
From 2009 to 2013 Dzmitry held several positions in the Belarusian Space System for Earth Remote Sensing, a project of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
From 2013, Dzmitry has being employed by the National System of Satellite Communication and Broadcast of the Republic of Belarus – Belintersat.
Dmitry is married, has a son and a daughter.
Pacome Revillon
CEO
Euroconsult
Pacôme Révillon is Chief Executive Officer of Euroconsult, based in Paris, France. In his 18 years working in the sector, Pacôme has led Euroconsult’s strategy and operations and consults with high-level clients, particularly in satellite broadcasting, communications and finance.
Under his management, the company has experienced a continuous expansion internationally, and has strengthened its position as an international reference on the strategic, economic and financial aspects of space activities.
His work experience includes positions with the DLR in Germany and Thales in France. He holds a graduate engineering degree in Telecommunications & Space from SUPAERO and a Master’s Degree in Economics from DESIA.
Leonid Konik
CEO, ComNews Group;
Partner, Comnews Research
Leonid Konik was born on February 28, 1970 in St.-Petersburg, Russia. In 1995 got his Masters Degree in Computer Science at Peter the Great St.-Petersburg Polytechnic University.
On February 1995 joined “Business Petersburg” newspaper (owned by Bonnier Business Press of Sweden) and worked there until June 1998 (the last positions – Editor of News Department and Editor of “Information Technologies” weekly supplement).
In July 1998 became a co-founder of ComNews Group. From that moment and up to now Leonid Konik is acting Editor-in-Chief of all media published by ComNews Group. From March 2015 he became a Group CEO as well.
Leonid Konik is also a Partner with ComNews Research - research and consulting arm of ComNews group, and a constant moderator of various ICT forums in Russia and abroad, including the events produced by ComNews Conferences.
From November 2007 to May 2011 Leonid Konik acted as "Tele2 Russia" Advisory Board Member, and from December 2013 up to now he is the Transparency Council Member at Rostelecom.
Elshad Mammadov
Senior Sales Manager
Azercosmos
Elshad Mammadov was born in Baku, in 1980. He has been with Azercosmos OJSCo. since 2011. Started as an Azerspace-1 Project Manager, then moved to Sales Dep. as a Customer Manager, and continue as a Senior Sales Manager since 2019.
Nicolas Tenaud
Sales Director Russia and CIS
Nicolas Tenaud joined Thales Alenia Space as Sales Director Russia& CIS in 2018 and is based in Cannes, France.
In his prior roles, Nicolas held various sales leadership positions for companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, Orange Business Services and his international sales experience crosses 20+ years mainly in telecommunications business.
Nicolas is a graduate of the National Institute of Telecommunications (France) and hold a Master’s Degree in Engineering.
Mark Guthrie
Chief Commercial Officer
Azercosmos
Mark Guthrie was appointed as Chief Commercial Officer responsible for the Sales and Business Processes Department in September 2019. He began his career at BT (British Telecom), a market leader in the telecommunications and satellite communications industry in the U.K., and then held leadership positions at Europe Star and Verestar before the latter was acquired by SES in 2004.
He served in a variety of roles in the U.K. and U.S. offices of SES, managing VSAT services, sales including IP Prime, operations for various markets, and the satellite leasing program in the Isle of Man. Mark joined KVH as Vice President for Global Mobile Broadband Sales in 2013 and latterly was appointed as KVH Industries’ Senior Vice President for the Asia-Pacific region.
Mark has received a B.Sc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nottingham Trent University, an M.Sc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham, and studied for his M.B.A. at Henley Management College in the United Kingdom.
Aarti Holla-Maini
Secretary General
ESOA
Aarti Holla-Maini has been Secretary General of the ESOA since 2004 She is a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Space, the WEF Global 5G Coalition Network and the WEF Essential Digital Infrastructure & Services Network.
Under Aarti’s leadership, ESOA & its member CEOs lead the effort to showcase the benefits of satellite communications for a more inclusive and secure society - vital to bridging the world’s digital divide, achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and realizing the 5G ecosystem. Since joining the association, Aarti has led the expansion of ESOA from a European association to
one that represents the interests of 22 global and regional satellite operators. She reports directly to their Chief Executives.
Aarti has 23 years' experience in the aerospace industry, starting at Daimler-Benz Aerospace/EADS (now Airbus) in Germany. In 2000, she moved to Brussels, representing Airbus interests in the European satellite navigation program: Galileo.
Aarti holds a Masters of Business Administration from HEC, France & Stern Business School, NYC, USA. She qualified as Solicitor of the Supreme Court in the UK in 1995, holding a 2:1 graded LLB Hons Law with German Law degree from King's College, University of London & the University of Passau, Germany. She is also an alumnus of the International Space University. Aarti is of British-Indian origin and holds British and Belgian nationalities.
She lives in Brussels, has 3 children and speaks 5 languages.
Guy Limouzin
Government Export Sales DIrector
Airbus Defence and Space
Guy LIMOUZIN has spent most of his career within Airbus Defence and Space. Over the last 20 years, he contributed to the expansion of Space activities in many countries and established cooperation with agencies and governments that allowed these countries to develop substantially and acquire space capacities. First in the domain of Earth Observation, he is now in charge of the overall product range within Space Systems, basically Telecommunication, Earth Observation, and Exploration
He was mostly active in Eastern and Central Asia, Middle-East, Australia and now Russia.
Before this assignment, he was already working for the founding members of Airbus, in the engineering and program development, in the Telecom, then in the Manned Space business, in charge of the precursor program of the ATV, in relations with Russia and USA, and finally for the early phases of the Martian European Initiative which eventually led to the ExoMars program.
He started his career at The European Space Agency, in the Netherlands, in the engineering department.