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Astroscale Ltd. announces
arrival of Nick Shave as Managing Director
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Astroscale Ltd., announces that
Nick Shave will succeed John Auburn as Managing
Director effective from today, June 1, 2022. Shave
joins Astroscale at a time of tremendous growth in
the U.K. following the recent announcement of ESA’s
Sunrise Partnership Program to develop Astroscale’s
ELSA-M servicer and debris removal mission and ESA’s
CREAM II Collision Avoidance Program.
“We are delighted that Nick
Shave will be leading our U.K. / European business
at this exciting time,” said Nobu Okada, CEO, and
Founder of Astroscale. “Our Harwell-based team is
leading the development of our End-of-Life Services
with ELSA-M, our multi-client debris removal
servicer. From Mission Operations, Collision
Avoidance to Space Situational Awareness, our
technology and expertise is driving the on-orbit
servicing economy globally. We are particularly
excited to work with Nick as we enter our new
Astroscale premises in the coming weeks.”
Shave, formerly VP of Strategic
Programs at Inmarsat, and current Chair of UKspace,
the trade association of the U.K. space industry,
brings more than 30 years of space sector experience
to Astroscale. He has delivered significant business
growth and results whilst performing senior
management, engineering and sales roles at Inmarsat,
CGI, Logica and at the UK MOD Defence Research
Agency. He is educated to MBA level and holds an MSc
in Spacecraft Technology & Satellite Communications
from University College London. In addition to his
UKspace role, he serves as a Council of the Royal
Aeronautical Society where he is also a Fellow.
“I am thrilled to be leading
the next phase of Astroscale’s growth strategy in
the U.K. & Europe, and feel very lucky to have
inherited such a talented and passionate team of
experts who are committed to delivering our global
ambition on space sustainability,” said Shave. “Now
is the time to realise the U.K.’s ambition to
capture the opportunity in the fast growing on-orbit
servicing economy as highlighted in the U.K.’s
National Space Strategy. The U.K. is taking a
leadership position across sustainable space
programs — collaborating with industry partners,
supporting regulatory innovation and building
international partnerships. Astroscale Ltd. is proud
to be creating new space sector jobs and growth
opportunities that will keep the space environment
safe for future generations.”
John Auburn concludes his role
as Managing Director of Astroscale Ltd. today, June
1, 2022, and will move into semi-retirement from
June 30, 2022. He has driven Astroscale’s impressive
growth in the U.K. and Europe since opening the
office on Harwell Campus in April 2017. Under his
leadership, Astroscale Ltd. has grown to 100
employees and is the largest space company on the
Harwell Science & Innovation Campus. He has secured
a funding income of more than $30 million from the
European Space Agency, UK Space Agency and other
government & industry partners. In his role as
Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the In-orbit Servicing &
Manufacturing Working Group (IOSM), part of UKspace,
Auburn has driven development of the on-orbit
servicing economy, predicted to be worth more than
$1 billion to the U.K. by 2030. His efforts to
support on-orbit servicing has created a vibrant
network of partnerships and funding opportunities
between industry, the U.K. government and academia.
“I am delighted to pass on the
leadership of Astroscale Ltd. to Nick Shave, with
whom I’ve collaborated for many years,” said Auburn.
“Thank you to our teams in Japan, the U.S., Israel,
and our U.K. team who have worked so hard with our
European industry and government partners. I am very
proud of all that we have achieved together over the
last five years to realise our vision of a
sustainable space economy.”
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