Dr Kamila Kloc joined the European Commission in December 2004. 

As of July 2023 Kamila was nominated as the Director of Directorate B Digital Decade and Connectivity of Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) after acting in this position from February 2023. She held a position of the Head of Markets’ Unit in the same Directorate from 2019. 

Previously she served as Deputy Head of Cabinet for Vice President Ansip responsible for Digital Single Market. Prior to joining the Cabinet, she worked at Directorate General for Energy coordinating exemptions from regulatory access rules for gas pipelines. During the Polish Presidency in 2011, she was seconded by the Commission to the President’s office of the Polish Energy Regulatory Authority. 

Earlier, she worked for 5 years at the Directorate General for Competition dealing with merger and antitrust cases. 

Prior to joining the Commission, she was employed at the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection in Poland as Adviser to the President. Kamila Kloc started her professional career in academia and taught at the Warsaw School of Economics as Assistant Professor. She has written her PhD on the role of competition policy in the public utilities sector with a special emphasis on telecommunications. She was a Fulbright scholar at the University of California in Berkeley and a Chevening fellow at Oxford University. 

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Laurent Jaffart joined ESA from Airbus in the first semester of 2024, where he is currently Vice President and Head of Strategy, Corporate and New Business Development for Space Systems.

As Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications, Laurent Jaffart will be responsible for ESA’s satellite telecommunication programmes, namely the implementation of the full portfolio of ARTES 4.0 projects in partnership with European and Canadian industries and operators and developing the programme’s commercial nature.

He will also be responsible for strategic programme lines related to 5G/6G non-terrestrial network integration, secure communications, and quantum/optical technologies and for the new portfolio of programmes approved at the ESA Ministerial Council in 2022, namely the ESA contribution to EU Secure Connectivity Programme IRIS2, Moonlight, and Civil Security from Space.

Amit specialises in advising on complex wireless transactions and strategy projects, including supporting mobile operators with spectrum valuation and regulators with the development and implementation of spectrum policy.

Amit has over 25 years of experience advising fixed and mobile operators, regulators/government bodies, financial institutions and equipment manufacturers on commercial, technical and regulatory issues. He has supported several multi-billion dollar M&A and debt financing transactions and has led numerous high-profile studies in the area of radio spectrum policy. Amit brings a global perspective to his work, having undertaken projects for clients in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas.

Amit holds an M.Sc. in Radio Frequency and Communications Engineering from the University of Bradford, UK and an M.B.A. from the University of Warwick, UK.

After a state exam in law at the University of Osnabrück, Mr Kühn has been working since 1998 in the area of legal internship (e.g. at Regional Court) of the Federal Network Agency Germany; changing to National and International Spectrum Regulation on different levels in 2005. Nowadays, he is the Deputy Head of Section for International Affairs and Utilization Concepts. His responsibilities cover strategic frequency utilization concepts and the transposition of those to the international level of CEPT, EU and ITU. Doing this and having been active in the preparation of three WRC’s, on national and on CEPT CPG level, Mr Kühn participated in a number of international Groups, also as Head of the German Delegation. He has also chaired several groups and subgroups in the ITU and CEPT. Since 2005, he has been responsible for the German preparation of the WRC’s and served as CEPT CPG Vice Chairman from 2010 to 2013. Mr Kühn was appointed Chairman of CPG in June 2013.

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Hazem Moakkit is a veteran of the satellite industry where he has worked for over 22 years in various capacities. He currently serves as the Vice President of Spectrum Development at O3b Networks where he leads the creation and implementation of O3b’s global spectrum strategy.
Prior to O3b, Hazem spent 5 years at Yahsat in the United Arab Emirates as the Director or Regulatory & Spectrum Affairs where he created and managed the spectrum strategy, and was a key member of the corporate strategy team. Mr. Moakkit led the acquisition of vital orbital assets for the start-up operator and worked closely with regulators to obtain the required licenses. He was also instrumental in formulating the expansion strategy for Yahsat in Africa and South America.
Prior to joining Yahsat, Mr. Moakkit worked in various roles at Intelsat (previously PanAmSat) where he rose through the ranks to become a key member of the spectrum & regulatory group in Washington. There, Mr. Moakkit was responsible for frequency coordination activities for the Intelsat fleet of over 50 satellites spanning multiple administrations. During his tenure, he also worked in various system and sales engineering roles.
Early on in his career, Mr. Moakkit was a system integrator at ATCI, a nascent yet ambitious satellite system integrator based in Mesa, Arizona. While at ATCI he gained valuable hands-on experience designing, building and operating RF systems for Fortune 500 clients.
Mr. Moakkit holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University, an MBA degree from Georgetown University.

As Vice President of International Regulatory and Spectrum Policy for the company that is redefining mobile communications, Molly Gavin directs Omnispace’s spectrum policy and its relationship with global government and regulatory agencies initiatives.

In this role, Molly interfaces regularly with international and regional organizations to coordinate efforts in support of 3GPP-based 5G non-terrestrial networks globally. Molly also oversees Omnispace’s outreach to ministries, policy makers, independent regulators and industry associations on radio spectrum matters and regulations for mobile satellite services (MSS), including direct-to-device (D2D) communications and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity.

Most recently serving as Vice President of International Government Affairs at Qualcomm, Molly oversaw a wide range of policy topics globally, including spectrum, sustainability, competition, intellectual property rights, and privacy public policy. Following the World Telecommunication Development Conference in Istanbul in 2002, she became one of the youngest Rapporteurs. Prior to that, she managed Qualcomm’s government affairs program based in Hong Kong, overseeing 16 Asian economies and managing Qualcomm’s participation in the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Molly has her master’s degree in International Relations from the University of California San Diego and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame. She is fluent in Spanish and conversational in Portuguese.

Juan is Access Partnership’s Director of Government Affairs, Space and Connectivity Lead. Juan gains market access for new technologies worldwide, by helping companies to comply with regulations as well as obtain licenses and permits for their products and services.

Before joining Access Partnership, Juan worked for more than 10 years in the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires and in the Argentine National Senate. He holds two bachelor’s degrees, one in Political Science and another in Law, and an MBA from the University of Cambridge. He works in English and Spanish.

Amy Mehlman currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Global Affairs Officer at Lynk, a position held since April 2025. Previously, Mehlman was the Vice President of Global Affairs and Stakeholder Relations at E-Space from January 2022 to April 2025, and served as President of Mehlman Capitol Strategies Inc. from October 2021 to April 2025. Additional experience includes a role as a Consultant for RKF Engineering Solutions LLC from December 2021 to December 2023, and Vice President of US Government Affairs and Policy at Viasat Inc. from January 2020 to October 2021. Mehlman’s earlier career includes consulting for LightSquared and serving as Partner at Capitol Coalitions, as well as working as a Government Liaison at Wiley, Rein and Fielding. Mehlman holds a BA in International Politics from Penn State University, earned between 1988 and 1992.

Herman is a global public policy and government affairs leader who has been at the forefront of technology policy and advocacy work with innovators, governments and regulators for over twenty years. During this period, he has built highly effective public affairs teams, managed relations with ministries and regulators across EMEA and APAC, and directed government affairs for some of the biggest names in corporate tech.

Before founding Policy Impact Partners, Herman was responsible for spectrum and broadband advocacy at mobile industry association, the GSMA, where he led the global campaign to secure more spectrum for broadband services at the 2015 UN World Radiocommunication Conference. He also designed and coordinated multiple advocacy programmes across key markets in the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific to advance the release and licensing of the ‘digital dividend’ spectrum for mobile.

Herman has built a strong global network of senior level contacts both in government and across industry, and has a trusted reputation for effectively advocating policies that align business and societal goals. He is an accomplished speaker and moderator, and a regular contributor to capacity-building programmes for regulators and government representatives across the world.

Earlier in his career, Herman established and led the EU public affairs technology practice of the global communications consultancy in Brussels, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, directing accounts with Amazon, Adobe, Microsoft and the Business Software Alliance. He also held operations, strategy and policy positions at British Telecom, and worked for the Dutch Industry Federation.

Herman has an MSc in political science and international economics and an MBA.

Jonas Wessel is Director of the Spectrum Department at the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS).

He was also Chair of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) for the 2018-2019 period. The RSPG is a high-level advisory group that assists the European Commission in the development of radio spectrum policy. Jonas holds a MSC from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Industrial Engineering and Management. Jonas started his professional career as a strategy consultant, working mainly with business development in the telecoms and IT-sector.

In 2003, he joined the PTS as advisor on radio spectrum policy issues. After several positions within the Agency, including responsibility for auctions, he was assigned Director of the Spectrum Department in 2014. Jonas has been one of the driving forces behind the transformation of spectrum management in Sweden and has also been working with these issues internationally, mainly through the RSPG where he has been a delegate since 2004. He was Vice Chairman of the RSPG for the 2016-2017 period.

Gerasimos Sofianatos is the newly appointed Head of Unit of Connect B5, Radio Spectrum Policy Unit. Previously, he was Deputy Head of DG Connect Unit Connect B5, “Investment in high-capacity networks”. He has been working for the Commission since 2011, in different positions in DG Connect, in Directorate B, dealing with the policy and implementation of the EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications. Gerasimos led the team monitoring and implementing EU law and in particular the European Electronic Communications Code, a piece of legislation in the drafting and negotiation of which he was actively involved. Prior to joining the Commission, Gerasimos worked as legal officer at the Cypriot National Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications (OCECPR). Before joining the Commission, he was a Member of the Athens Bar Association and practiced competition law. He holds a Masters degree in Business Law and a PhD in competition law at the Paris 1- Sorbonne University. He holds a law degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a post-graduate degree in Economics for Competition law from the King’s College London. Gerasimos is of Greek nationality and speaks Greek, English, and French.

As Spectrum Policy Director, Carol works with GSMA programmes, members, and internal groups to develop global industry positions on spectrum policy, allocation, licensing, and on the impact of emerging technologies.

Prior to joining the GSMA, Carol served as Technical Advisor for International Affairs at the National Spectrum Agency of Colombia (ANE) and held the vice-chair of the Preparatory Working Group for the World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) and chair of the Spectrum Management group at CITEL. Also, she worked with the mobile industry as Wireless Product Manager and was a university lecturer.

Carol is specialized in Negotiation from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, holds a Master in Navigation and Related Applications from the Politecnico di Torino in Italy. She has a Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunications from the Universidad Santo Tomás of Bogotá with an exchange program at the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, as well.

Barbee has served as General Counsel and Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Globalstar since July 2010. In this role he has directed Globalstar’s regulatory and licensing activities around the world.

Barbee has led the international regulatory effort required for the commercial introduction of the world’s first satellite direct-to-device service, now providing mobile satellite connectivity to millions of people globally. This effort included the expansion and licensing of Globalstar’s ground network now consisting of 28 gateway Earth stations in 18 countries.

Most recently, Barbee worked to secure the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s reauthorization of Globalstar’s senior HIBLEO-4 constellation filing for an additional 15-year license term.

He holds a law degree from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia and a Bachelor of Science in Management degree from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business in New Orleans, Louisiana

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Eric Fournier is currently Director for Spectrum Planning and International Affairs in the Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR), the French public agency in charge of spectrum management (www.anfr.fr).

In this capacity, he is responsible for preparing the revisions of the French national table of spectrum allocation and for coordinating French positions in international meetings and conferences on spectrum within ITU, CEPT and EU. He was deputy head of the French delegation for RRC-06, WRC-07, WRC-12, WRC-15, WRC-19 and WRC-23.

He was chairman of the RSPG, a high-level advisory group that assists the European Commission in the development of radio spectrum policy, for the cycle 2022-23.

He has been involved in all discussions on major evolutions of spectrum in Europe and was Chairman of the Electronic Communication Committee (CEPT/ECC) from 2013 to 2018 and of the European Conference Preparatory Group for the World Radiocommunications Conference 2012 (CPG-12).

Eric is a graduate telecom engineer from SUPELEC (France).

Richard has 30 years’ experience working in technology, strategy and policy roles in industry, regulation and government. In Ofcom, he is leading work to understand the radio spectrum requirements of next generation wireless technologies, such as 6G and direct to device satellite services. Richard has an MBA from the University of Bath and an engineering degree from the University of Cambridge.

H.E. Dr. Tidiane Ouattara, President of the Council of the African Space Agency (AfSA) since 2024, is a distinguished expert in space policy and sciences. He holds a PhD in Remote Sensing/GIS (Sherbrooke University, Canada) and has held leadership roles at Canada’s Space Agency (International Relations), Natural Resources Canada (Senior Science/Policy Advisor), and Environment Canada (Geospatial Management). Formerly at the African Union Commission, he coordinated the African Outer Space Programme including GMES & Africa program. Bilingual professional with tremendous experience in space R&D, policy and international relations, he pioneered Africa’s space governance as AfSA’s inaugural Council President.

Isabelle Mauro is Director General of the Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA) that represents the interests of 29 global and regional satellite operators. She reports directly to their Chief Executives.

Under Isabelle’s leadership, GSOA and its member CEOs lead the effort to showcase the benefits of satellite communications for a more inclusive and secure society – vital to bridging the world’s digital divide, achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and realizing the 5G ecosystem.

Isabelle has 25 years experience in the Telecoms and Technology sector, starting at the GSMA, where she was responsible for government and international Affairs. In 2015 she moved to New York to join the World Economic Forum as Head of  Information, Communications and Technology Industries, managing the portfolio for 60+ Tech companies globally and leading initiatives on inclusive and sustainable digital transformation.

Isabelle is passionate about inclusion and sustainability. She is Chair of the High-Level Advisory Board of the DigitalGoesGreen Foundation. She also sits on the Advisory Board of Women in Tech and is a member of the UNESCO Advisory Group for the Declaration on Connectivity for Education.

Isabelle holds an MSc in European Politics and Policy from the London School of Economics. She is fluent in French, English, Italian and Spanish.

Antoine is a Partner based in our London office. He has extensive expertise in telecoms and technology, with a further specialisation in the space sector. Antoine helps clients around the world solve key challenges and accelerate impact. His remit is broad, and covers strategy, regulation and transaction support.

Antoine leads our consulting work for the global space sector, working closely with our leading Space and Satellite research practice. He believes in opening new perspectives, accelerating visions, and in crafting strategies that lead to real-world change – something he has done repeatedly as a senior executive in industry. Analysys Mason’s blend of intellectual rigour, creativity, agility and pragmatism gives clients confidence to act quickly, and to make fast and effective decisions in often rapidly evolving landscapes.

Antoine re-joined Analysys Mason from Inmarsat (now Viasat) where he was Senior Vice President for Strategy, Partnerships and Corporate Development. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the UK accelerator for space technology and applications (Catapult UK). Previously, Antoine worked for HP Labs, for Orange, and led a wide spectrum of TMT advisory projects across strategy, policy, and transaction support over the course of a dozen years at Analysys Mason and Deloitte.

Antoine’s academic and professional qualifications include an MBA ESSEC (France); MPhil in Computer Science (France) and an MEng in Telecoms (France). He is also an alumnus of the Financial Times NED programme (UK) and of the Space Studies programme by the International Space University, Rice University and NASA (USA).

A keen offshore sailor in his younger days, he has now traded ocean racing boats for e-sailing and indoor rowing – with virtual views – as family life took over. Currently, he still gets to navigate TMT markets.

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Ms Nontombana has extensive experience in research and strategy, as well as analysis and business planning. Prior to joining ICASA, Ms Nontombana worked as a Manager for Market Conduct at the Competition Commission.
Ms Nontombana has held several positions where she worked as an Economist at the Department of Education. With her refined skills, she worked as a Principal Investigator at the Competition Commission, and later as a Principal Investigator.
She is a powerful force, having been named one of 40 Women in their 40s in Competition Law enforcement in Europe, America and Africa in 2018. With vast experience in her sector, she has written various chapters and coordinated inputs into reviewing internal procedures for the division for which she worked.
Ms. Nontombana holds a Master of Business Leadership from UNISA Graduate School of Business Leadership, a Master of Philosophy in Economic Policy from the University of Stellenbosch, Honours Degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Social Science from the University of Cape Town.

Julie Kearney is a Co-Chair of the Space Exploration and Innovation Practice and a partner in the Telecom group at DLA Piper. She is a globally recognized and dynamic lawyer in the technology, satellite, space, and telecommunications field. For more than 25 years, Julie has worked with governments, industries, and the public sector around the world to promote legal and regulatory frameworks and policies that enable life-changing technologies.

As the first Chief of the Space Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Julie represented and spoke for the Chairwoman and Commissioners on satellite and space-based communication matters and represented the Commission at the domestic and international level. Under Julie’s leadership, the FCC unanimously adopted several regulatory frameworks and launched initiatives to successfully advance industry leadership in the New Space Age. Additionally, during her tenure as Chief, the FCC adopted a regulatory structure for Supplemental Coverage from Space, which made the FCC the first regulator in the world to issue a framework for connecting satellites directly to consumer handsets using spectrum previously allocated only to terrestrial service.

Before joining the FCC, Julie served as the Vice President of Communications Regulatory Affairs and Policy at Twilio Inc., a publicly traded Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) provider, where she developed and implemented the company’s global telecommunications regulatory and policy and law enforcement response strategy. She also served as the Global Head of Communications Regulation and Policy for Loon, an Alphabet Inc. company, where she led international and US regulatory initiatives to bring internet access to unserved and underserved communities around the world via a network of balloons on the edge of space. She also held roles at the Consumer Technology Association, National Public Radio, MCI, and private legal practice.

Julie is a past president of the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA – The Tech Bar) and she also served as chair of the FCBA Foundation. She was a long-serving member of the Federal Communications Commission’s Consumer Advisory Committee and also served on its Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee. Other Board positions include USTelecom and the United States Technical Training Institute (USTTI).

Julie earned her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and a J.D. from Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law, with a certificate from its Law and Technology Institute. She recently completed a 3.5 year term on the Columbus School of Law’s Board of Visitors. A trained singer, she has sung with choruses in the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, DC area, most recently with Schola Cantorum (CA) and the Choral Arts Society of Washington (DC).

Jaume Sanpera, Sateliot’s CEO, is a seasoned executive with nearly 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. A prominent figure in Spanish technological entrepreneurship, he has founded multiple successful companies, including Eurona, the first telecom satellite operator in Europe listed on the stock market in 2010, and Ambientum, a leader in Spain’s environmental sector. His ventures have gained wide international presence, solidifying his reputation as an expert in telecommunications. Jaume’s achievements have earned him recognition in the media and forums, where he shares insights on innovation and leadership, further establishing his influence in the industry.