Adrian Weir became Chair of the Telespazio UK Board of Directors in 2023.

Since July 2021, Adrian has been Finance Director of Leonardo UK Ltd. Prior to this, he was Finance Director Leonardo Electronics Division, leading an international finance team based in the UK, Italy and USA.

Having started his career with GEC Marconi in 1990, Adrian has moved through various professional development roles, holding a range of senior leadership positions. He is a member of various Leonardo UK Boards and was previously a Board member of Leonardo Electronics Inc, Leonardo TTI Inc and an external member of Enginuity’s Audit Committee. Adrian is also Chair of the Assurance Internal Control Committee. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Sarah Macken was appointed CEO of Telespazio UK in July 2024.

Prior to joining Telespazio UK, Sarah served as Vice President of UK Business Development for Airbus Defence and Space where she was entrusted with ensuring that the UK’s space missions, programmes, and research and development initiatives delivered capabilities that advanced customer competitiveness.

Building on her earlier career in the Aerospace and Defence sector at the UK’s trade body, ADS, she ran her own consultancy providing business development advice. She was part of the team that established the Aerospace Growth Partnership which led to a new way of industry and Government co-investing in substantial research and development programmes.

James has been Chief Financial Officer since joining the company in September 2025.

James was previously CFO at Stalis and has a wide range of skills and experience including mergers and acquisitions expertise, building and leading teams, long term strategic financial planning & provision of management information, business partnering, process & systems improvements and leading organisational change.

Geoff was appointed Vice President of Business Growth in January 2025 following the acquisition and integration of the e2E Group, and following nearly five years as Head of Marketing and Sales for Telespazio UK. He was appointed to the Boards of the three e2E companies and Telespazio UK SL, our subsidiary in Spain, in January 2024.

Geoff’s career has spanned sales and business development, technical, management and innovation roles across the space and energy sectors, having previously worked at CGI, the Satellite Applications Catapult and Schlumberger. His extensive space business experience encompasses domains of Earth Observation & Climate Change, Navigation, Launch, Space Situational Awareness and Satellite Communications.

He is the Space Specialist Group Vice-Chair and Fellow at the Royal Aeronautical Society, a member of the Earth and Space Sustainability Initiative Advisory Board, and a STEM Ambassador for the South-East of England.

Geoff has a 1st Class Honours degree in Mathematical Physics from the University of Warwick; a Master’s Degree in Theoretical Physics from the University of Cambridge; and a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Durham.

Caroline took up the role of Head of HR at Telespazio UK in February 2024, following the company's acquisition of the e2E group in October 2023.

In January 2025, following the integration of e2E into Telespazio UK, Caroline was appointed VP, People.

Trevor was appointed Vice President of Research & Development at Telespazio UK in January 2025. He has around 35 years’ experience in the Space Systems and Defence sectors, performing senior roles in both technical and non-technical aspects of business.  The common thread of Trevor’s wide-ranging experience is expertise in systems and software engineering across the lifecycle.

He has worked in consulting and delivery for diverse high-technology programmes including satellite missions, satcom systems and components, communications planning and simulation, radio communications systems and services, satellite operations support, military training environments and medical device control for example. He also understands how technical businesses work through consulting for satellite operators and other large commercial and military organisations working with primes and in the supply chain.

Paul has worked for Telespazio for over 25 years and has been in the space industry throughout his entire career.

He was appointed Vice President of Delivery in January 2025 following the acquisition and integration of the e2E group, previously holding the position of Head of Operations in Telespazio UK for several years,

Paul has a wide-ranging technical engineering background spanning spacecraft operations, flight dynamics and ground segment software development, before moving into management and holding various leadership roles within the company.