IAF Honorary Ambassadors

In 2021, the IAF President launched the IAF Honorary Ambassadorship Programme, aimed at keeping the IAF Past Presidents and Vice Presidents deeply engaged with the Federation.
Thanks to their extensive network and their broad knowledge of the IAF, the Federation is constantly promoted worldwide as the global leading space advocacy body at various meetings and gatherings throughout the year.

Mohammed Nasser AL AHBABI

Senior Advisor, EDGE Group

United Arab Emirates

Samaddin ASADOV

Deputy Minister, Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Mishaal ASHEMIMRY

Aerospace Consultant & Special Advisor to CEO, Saudi Space Agency (SSA)

Saudi Arabia

Michal BRICHTA

Head of Innovation Department, Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic

Slovakia

Bruce CHESLEY

Senior Associate, Teaching Science and Technology, Inc (TSTI)

United States

Pascale EHRENFREUND

Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), President

France

Anil KUMAR

Director, ISTRAC, Fellow of Prestigious Indian National Academy of Engineering, INAE Fellow of Aeronautical Society of India, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

India

Jean-Yves LE GALL

Former President, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

France

Daming LI

President, China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)

China

Andreas LINDENTHAL

Executive Board Manager, Rivada Space Networks GmbH

Germany

Tanja MASSON-ZWAAN

Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL), Netherlands Space Society (NVR), Leiden University

Netherlands

Clay MOWRY

Chief Executive Officer, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

United States

Geraldine NAJA

Director of Space Transportation, European Space Agency (ESA)

France

Asanda NTISANA

Space and Stakeholder Liaison Specialist, South African National Space Agency (SANSA)

South Africa

Nobu OKADA

Founder & CEO, Astroscale

Japan

Deganit PAIKOWSKY

Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Israel

Minoo RATHNASABAPATHY

Research Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

United States

Sergey SAVELIEV

Deputy Director General for International Cooperation, ROSCOSMOS

Russia

Mary SNITCH

Lead, External Engagements, Lockheed Martin Corporation

United States

S. SOMANATH

past Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

India

Dominique TILMANS

President, EURISY

Belgium

Anthony TSOUGRANIS

Europe Team Lead, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Xiaojun WANG

President, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)

China

Pilar ZAMORA ACEVEDO

Executive Director, Colombian Space Agency (AEC)

Colombia

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