Magali Vaissière

Magali Vaissière was Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications at the European Space Agency (ESA), from 2008^[1] until 2020.^[2] She was responsible for the agency's programme of Advanced Research in Telecommunications System (ARTES).

Magali Vaissière
Born	15 July 1957 Montpellier, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	Télécom ParisTech
Occupation	Engineer

Vaissière was also head of the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), located at Harwell, Oxfordshire.^[3]

Biography

Vaissière was born on 15 July 1957 ^[4] in Montpellier^[5] (Hérault). After studying as an engineer at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications de Paris (Telecom Paris Tech), she obtained a Master of Science from Stanford University.^[6] She also has an Executive MBA from the Centre de Perfectionnement aux Affaires.

After graduating, Vaissière worked for Thomson-CSF Radars for nine years then for EADS-Astrium Satellite for 15 years.^[7]

Awards

• 2007: Prix Irène-Joliot-Curie in the category in Women in Companies^[8]
• 2008: Knighted in the Legion of Honour for services to telecommunications ^[9]
• 2017: UK Space Personality of the Year ^[10]
• 2018: Sir Arthur Clarke Award in the category Space Achievement by Industry/Project Individual^[11]
• 2018: Forbes The World's Top 50 Women in Tech ^[12]

References

1. "Bientôt des satellites pour compléter les futurs réseaux mobiles 5G ?". BFM BUSINESS (in French). Retrieved 20 November 2018.
2. ESA. "A Fond Farewell to Magali Vaissiere". European Space Agency. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
3. ESA. "New Head of European Space Agency UK centre ECSAT". European Space Agency. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
4. "Magali VAISSIERE - Dirigeant de la société 6mouv". dirigeants.bfmtv.com (in French). Retrieved 20 November 2018.
5. "Magali Vaissière – Who's Who". whoswho.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 November 2018.
6. ESA. "Interview with Magali Vaissiere - Head of ESA's Telecommunications Department". European Space Agency. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
7. "Women in Aerospace - Europe Breakfast event" (PDF). Women in Aerospace. 8 April 2016.
8. "Les lauréates du Prix Irène Joliot-Curie 2007". Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation (in French). Retrieved 20 November 2018.
9. "Présidence de la République Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur" (PDF). Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 24 July 2019.
10. "SSPI UK Names Magali Vaissiere UK Space Personality of the Year 2017". SSPI. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
11. "The Sir Arthur Clarke Awards – Announcement of the 2018 Winners". British Interplanetary Society. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
12. "Forbes The World's Top 50 Women in Tech". Forbes. Retrieved 24 July 2019.