Who is ESSI
ESSI brings together experts from industry, academia, government, and finance to advance space sustainability. Meet the team driving our mission forward.
Core Team
The leadership team driving ESSI's day-to-day operations and strategic direction.
Joanne Wheeler
Director
ESSI
Dr Stuart Clark
Director of Communications
ESSI
Steve Kelly
Project Manager
ESSI
Hugh Lewis
Space Standards Expert
University of Southampton
Hedley Stokes
Stakeholder Management Lead
ESSI
Bruce Carnegie-Brown
Senior Advisor
Lloyd's of London
Chris Brunskill
Advisor
ESSI
Richard Ambrosi
Advisor
ESSI
Executive Committee
Senior advisors from academia, government, and industry providing strategic guidance.
Prof Martin Barstow
Professor of Astrophysics
University of Leicester
Lord Cromwell
Member, House of Lords
UK Parliament
Dr Peter Martinez
Director
Secure World Foundation
Prof Hugh Lewis
Professor of Astronautics
University of Southampton
Hedley Stokes
Managing Director
Stokes Consulting
Prof Marek Ziebart
Professor of Space Geodesy
UCL
Richard Linares
Associate Professor
MIT
Robert Massey
Deputy Executive Director
Royal Astronomical Society
Andy Mount
Executive
Space Industry
Charles Mwangi
Executive
Space Industry
David Wade
Executive
Space Industry
Marilena Ampelikiota
Executive
Space Industry
Nobuo Yoshii
Executive
Japan
Paul Godfrey
Executive
Space Industry
Rainer Kopf
Executive
Space Industry
Richard Brook
Executive
Space Industry
Steve Spittle
Executive
Space Industry
Theunis Kotz
Executive
Space Industry
Isabel Broughton
Executive
Space Industry
Advisory Board
Representatives from leading organizations across the space sector.
Julie Black
Director
UK Space Agency
Miriam Grigg
Official
DSIT
Tania Celani
Official
DSIT
Mark Dankberg
Chairman & CEO
Viasat
Alex Fielding
CEO
Privateer Space
Michael Cheng
Director
ESSI
Nadeem Ghafoor
Managing Partner
Seraphim Capital
Richard Lowe
Advisor
Space Industry
Ruth Fain
Advisor
Space Industry
Greg Tutton
Advisor
Space Industry
Trisha Saxena
Advisor
Space Industry
Akiko Hama
Advisor
Japan
Andy Bradford
Advisor
Space Industry
Andrew Fournet
Advisor
Space Industry
Andrew Stanniland
Advisor
Space Industry
Anthony Baker
Advisor
Space Industry
Brooke Latham
Advisor
Space Industry
Chris Brunskill
Advisor
Space Industry
Colin Baldwin
Advisor
Space Industry
Geoff Buswell
Advisor
Space Industry
Himesh Chavda
Advisor
Space Industry
James Pearson
Advisor
Space Industry
Jennifer Manner
Advisor
Space Industry
John Hanley
Advisor
Space Industry
John Janka
Advisor
Space Industry
Lizzie Kerr
Advisor
Space Industry
Lorenzo Arona
Advisor
Space Industry
Lucy Edge
Advisor
Space Industry
Maurizio Vanotti
Advisor
Space Industry
Melissa Quinn
Advisor
Space Industry
Neil Stevens
Advisor
Space Industry
Nick Shave
Advisor
Space Industry
Patricia Cooper
Advisor
Space Industry
Paul Cremin
Advisor
Space Industry
Rob Desborough
Advisor
Space Industry
Rory Holmes
Advisor
Space Industry
Sharon Pryde
Advisor
Space Industry
Stuart Eves
Advisor
Space Industry
Sue Kee
Advisor
Space Industry
Tim Davies
Advisor
Space Industry
Victoria Irwin
Advisor
Space Industry