Has more than 40 years experience in industry, international organisations and public functions .
Started his carreer in PHILIPS– France, involved in pioneering work in satellite TV, including the invention of the world first commercial flat antennas.
As a Staff member in the European Space Agency (ESA) for 31 years, he held various engineering and management positions, managing multi-million industrial projects and facilities deployment and acting as contact to EC committees and Industry.
Has been involved in IPR licensing, technology transfer and industrialisation with major European industries, including consumer production in co-founded SMEs.
He co-founded SkyfloX, an ESA spinoff, developing a novel constellation concept using commercial aircraft as an alternative platform for Smallsat-like Payloads.
Has been instrumental in the development of satellite internet and coordinated at interministerial level the GNSS activities in Greece and was delegate in EU instances and in OECD.
Since March 2025 he is President of the Hellenic Space Center.
Holder of twenty six patents, Emmanuel has been giving courses on satellite technology and business in Oxford University, in Toulouse Aerospace Polytechnic and the University of Athens. He studied Physics and Telecommunications Electronics in the University of Athens and obtained a Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Microwave and Electronics from the University “Pierre et Marie Curie” in Paris.
