Mathias Link
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Dr. Mathias Link is the Deputy CEO of the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA). He works on the definition and implementation of Luxembourg’s space sector development policy, with a focus on international affairs, legal & regulatory issues, public research & education, as well as finance and innovation. He coordinates the SpaceResources.lu initiative that aims to promote the exploration and utilization of space resources. He is the chairman of the steering committee of the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) and served as its first interim Director between 2020 and 2022.
For the past 15 years, Mathias Link has represented Luxembourg in space-related boards and
committees at the European Space Agency, the European Union, and the United Nations. He was involved in the preparation of several ESA Council meetings at Ministerial level, as well as of Luxembourg’s presidency of the Council of the EU in 2015.
Before becoming a civil servant, Mathias Link spent several years in the private sector, among others at the consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton (now Strategy&), Siemens Corporate Technology in Munich and the Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven.
Mathias Link holds a PhD in physics from the Université de Lorraine, and a Master in microengineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne. He is a member of the International Academy of Astronautics.
