Vice-president Sales and Marketing of the Satellite Communication and Space Awareness division
Organization
Safran Data Systems
Graduated from the master's degree in international relations from the Sorbonne University in Paris, Philippe de Mijolla has focused his career on defence, continually attending renowned training courses in the sector, notably the Ecole de Guerre as a civilian auditor.
For the first ten years of his career, he worked at Défense Conseil International, providing military training solutions for international partners of France. In 2016, he was admitted to the HEC Paris MBA program, and then spent three years as a key account manager for the French Ministry of Defence at the consultancy firm BearingPoint. He was then responsible for the French government markets with Airbus defense & Space’s Secure Communications division.
In March 2024, he joins Safran Data Systems as Vice-president Sales and Marketing of the Satellite Communication and Space Awareness division, dedicated to satellite communications and space surveillance.
Philippe de Mijolla chairs the “Aerospace, Defense & Security” group of HEC alumni, which brings together over 1,600 professionals. He is also an investor and a board member of Défense Angels, which he helped to launch in 2021, the first French network of business angels specializing in supporting defense startups. He has also been an officer in the French armed forces reserves for over twelve years.
