Philippe Pham

Philippe Pham

Job Title
Head of Telecomms & Navigation Systems
Organization
Airbus Defence and Space
Philippe Pham leads the Telecommunications and Navigation Systems programme unit within Space Systems. This programme unit is responsible for the development of all Telecommunications products (Eurostar Neo and OneSat) and Navigations programmes (Galileo and Egnos V3) thus acting both in the commercial and institutional markets. Philippe has a broad experience in the Telecommunication business at Airbus where he held key positions such as Head Of Satellite Product Developments, leading the development of the Eurostar 3000 platform, and VP Head of Satellite Industrialisation, Improvements & Customer services where he was responsible of developing, maintaining and continuously improving telecommunication satellite product lines. Before this, Philippe led the Earth Observation and Science (EOS) programme unit. With more than 1000 employees spanning 7 sites in 4 European countries, EOS has revenues of 1.1 b€, a solid customer base combining institutional, defence and commercial markets and an outstanding reputation for the quality of its products. Philippe has extensive experience in the Space field and has held different leadership and management positions over the last 25 years. Throughout his career, he has worked on several Space domains: telecommunications, Earth observation, navigation and science programmes. His experience on Earth observation programmes covers the whole value chain: satellites, instruments, ground segments and intelligence services. Philippe has also held transverse positions such as Head of Data Analytics and Applications within the Digital Transformation Office for Airbus Defence and Space, leading challenging analytics projects throughout internal Business lines and Functions. He holds, on top of his Telecommunications and Navigation responsibilities, the role of SVP Transformation and Cross-Programmes for Space Systems. He has worked in France and Germany.