Cannes – November 10, 2020 – Marc-Henri Serre, 38, has been appointed Executive Vice President of Thales Alenia Space’s Telecommunications Business Line, with immediate effect. He succeeds Pascal Homsy, who will join Eutelsat as Chief Technical Officer starting from January 2021. Marc-Henri will continue to lead, in parallel, the Observation and Science Domain in France until the nomination of his successor.
Marc-Henri, graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in 2005 and from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in 2008, began his career at the French Ministry of Finance and then in prime Minister staff. Then, he joined Thales Alenia Space where he was appointed Director of Engineering and Assembly Integration & Test payload for Observation and Sciences before becoming VP Domain Observation and Science France.
Marc-Henri has a strong experience in space activities, in particular in engineering, product policy, customer relationship, commercial offers and project management domains.
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