Natalia Vicente is the VP of Public Affairs at GSOA where she works closely with the Director General and the CEOs of GSOA Member companies to drive forward high-level advocacy for the satellite communications sector. Specifically, Natalia focusses on the Development Agenda working with international organisations to ensure nation states understand the value of leveraging available satellite communications services to bridge digital, education and health divides in their countries.

Natalia is also a Board Member of the European Internet Forum where she represents GSOA in front of Members of the European Parliament. Natalia has over a decade of experience in the digital sector, focusing on public policy, government relations and building international partnerships.

Before joining GSOA, former ESOA, Natalia worked for the European Telecommunications Network Operator’s (ETNO) working on public and regulatory affairs. Prior to that, she worked for Telefonica, Telecom Italia and TagTagCity, where she was one of the first employees involved in establishing a start-up venture providing mobile solutions to municipalities and local businesses in Belgium.

Natalia is a qualified lawyer with an LLM from the University Autonoma of Madrid and holds a Master of Business Administration specialised in Marketing. She is a Spanish national, lives in Brussels and speaks 4 languages.

Shagun is a member of the Space research team in France. She is the head of satellite mobility programs. Her research also includes D2D, M2M and IoT markets.

Prior to Analysys Mason’s acquisition of Northern Sky Research (NSR), Shagun worked at NSR, focusing on satellite manufacturing and launch, in-orbit servicing markets and small satellite constellations.

She has an Aerospace MBA from Toulouse Business School, France and a Masters in Aerospace Engineering from Monash University, Australia.