BIO

Hermann Ludwig Moeller joined the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) in Vienna in September 2022. As its new Director, he leads the European Think Tank on Space, responsible for developing approaches to European Space Policy and providing recommendations to European decision-makers and institutions.

Prior to joining ESPI, he held leading positions at ESA in the creation of the EU Copernicus and in the preparation of the EU Secure Connectivity initiative as Head of Telecommunications Strategy, Programme and Transformation Office and as Head of the Copernicus Space Segment Office. In these roles, Mr. Moeller operated at a high level of leadership in a complex multi-stakeholder policy environment in public-private partnerships with industry, at EU level, with EUMETSAT, and with national space agencies and delegations.

Before that, he worked as the ESA Douglas Marsh Fellow at NASA and contributed to the creation of the European Internet backbone. He gained early professional experience at the European Patent Office and with Siemens.

Mr. Moeller holds a master’s degree in telecommunications, following studies at the Technical University Darmstadt and Ecole Supérieure de Télécommunications – Télécom Paris.

He is a German national with professional experience in Germany, Italy, the USA, the Netherlands, France, and Austria, and is married with four children.