Charles has been passionate about space since he was a child, and came up with the original vision for Sen in 1991, aged 19.

Prior to founding Sen, Charles set up his first company, cloud computing business Nasstar, in 1998. Nasstar plc was admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange in 2005. Charles stepped down as CEO of Nasstar in 2014 in order to focus on Sen, pursuing his life-long dream to democratize space by streaming real-time videos from space for the benefit of all humanity.

Steve has spent over 20 years in Managed Service Providers (MSPs) gathering a wealth of experience in building and managing data centre and cloud solutions (public, private and hybrid) in many sectors including manufacturing, finance, legal, utilities, recruitment and property services.

He has a BSc in Computing Science and over the years in his senior management roles has driven the strategic technical development of the businesses he’s worked for including acquisition work, audits, platform consolidation, overseeing the build of a data centre and high quality office space, complex project work and troubleshooting across the world, comprising all components from the desktop to the data centre.

Matt joined the team full time in May 2017 having completed his PhD in computer vision and machine learning with topics including deep learning, caption generation, face and location recognition. Matt completed his undergraduate degree in electronic and computer engineering at the University of Surrey in 2012 (1st Class with honours). His degree included a 12 month placement at Sharp Laboratories of Europe working on software for head tracked 3D displays.

Brian is deeply passionate about space and has 14 years engineering experience in quality-certified design and manufacturing environments, with specific skillsets in radio, low-power electronics, and reliable long-life systems. Graduating BEng (Electrical) with Honours from the University of Queensland and starting out working on radar systems, he has since advanced through a diverse set of commercial industries and brings a wealth of modern electronics and firmware knowledge.

Jonathan has worked on space projects for 25 years, in software and systems engineering roles. He was Lead Systems Engineer for the RapidEye constellation of 5 Earth Observation spacecraft, (now owned by Planet). Jonathan’s experience includes working on the ground control systems for the XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray observatory and, prior to joining Sen, at Airbus on the software to control the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Rover. Jonathan studied Physics at Cambridge University before moving into engineering.

Nick graduated with a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2011 and became a Chartered Engineer in 2017. He is currently studying for an Msc in Astronautics and Space Engineering at the University of Cranfield in the UK. Nick has experience leading the design of heavy machinery from a mechanical and control architecture point of view and as a Systems Engineer

Marcin is passionate about spaceflight and experienced in designing as well as implementing satellite ground systems and mission-critical software. He previously worked on various projects in the space industry, including Earth imaging and video satellites, ground infrastructure, operations, as well as mission control and planning systems. He has a BEng 1st class honours in Electronics & Software Engineering, and MSc in Space Studies.

Chris is a distributed systems engineer with 12 years of experience consulting across a large range of industries. He has designed and developed cloud software and infrastructure for some of the UKs biggest brands including Deliveroo, Lego, Compare the Market and Barclays. He specialises in building highly available, fault tolerant architectures that scale to millions of users.

Robert has a passion of working for companies which have a positive impact on our world. Robert previously worked in the sales team at Earth Observation start up Planet where he helped develop new markets and customers for their satellite imagery.  Following Planet’s IPO, Robert joined Sen to lead the opportunity of bringing Sen’s video data to the U.S. market. Robert is focused on establishing sales strategies and processes that will enable Sen to redefine the possibilities and boundaries of the Earth Observation market.

Peter joined The Greenalls Group plc in 1977 and became CEO in 1993, building the Company to an annual turnover of £983 million and a FTSE market capitalisation of £1.7 billion, and taking it into the FTSE 100. Currently Peter is also Chairman of Auriant Mining. Previous Board roles have included Chairman of Nasstar plc, a cloud computing service provider, Chairman of Stellar Diamonds. He was also Chairman of Aintree Racecourse for 25 years.

Peter was a successful amateur jockey riding over 270 winners and was twice Champion National Hunt Amateur Jockey. He rode in the Grand National in 1975. He has an MA in history from Cambridge University and a Sloan Fellowship from London Business School.

Meagan is the Managing Partner of SpaceFund, a U.S. venture capital firm investing in space. As an entrepreneur, business educator, space industry pioneer, experienced executive, and investor, co-founded the world’s longest running space business plan competition, and has taught, coached, and advised hundreds of space startups through their earliest stages – including some of the current generation of successful companies. Currently host of the “Mission Eve” podcast.

Harry is an entrepreneur with over 30 years of international business experience, almost 20 as CEO/Company Director. Harry has a passionate interest in space science and technology, and has a degree in Electronic Engineering, a postgraduate MBA, a CertAps from the Open University in Astronomy & Planetary science, and is an accredited STEM Ambassador.

Harry is a Limited Partner in a number of Venture Capital funds. He is also Chairman of the HBAN London investment syndicate.

Lee is an Investor at Mercia Asset Management, an AIM-listed Institutional Investor with close to £1 billion of AuM. Lee leads on SpaceTech investments on behalf of Mercia’s VCT funds, as well as specialising in software and the life sciences. He is passionate about science and technology and holds a B.A. in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and a Masters (Distinction) in Research Methods from the University of Manchester. 

Lee has spent 11 years working in finance, including 7 years in Corporate Finance, and is a Chartered Management Accountant.

Charles has been passionate about space since he was a child, and came up with the original vision for Sen in 1991, aged 19.

Prior to founding Sen, Charles set up his first company, cloud computing business Nasstar, in 1998. Nasstar plc was admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange in 2005. Charles stepped down as CEO of Nasstar in 2014 in order to focus on Sen, pursuing his life-long dream to democratize space by streaming real-time videos from space for the benefit of all humanity.

Dylan Taylor is a global business leader and philanthropist. He is an active pioneer in the space exploration industry as a CEO, investor, thought leader and futurist. Currently, Dylan serves as Chairman & CEO of Voyager Space Holdings, a multi-national space holding firm that acquires and integrates leading space exploration enterprises globally.

Dylan has been cited by Harvard University, SpaceNews, the BBC, CNN, Pitchbook, CNBC and others as having played a seminal role in the growth of the private space industry. As an early-stage investor in more than 50 emerging ventures, including Accion, Kepler, York, Astrobotic, Made in Space, Relativity, Planet and Sen, Dylan is widely considered the most active private space investor in the world.

Dylan regularly speaks and writes about the future of the space economy and is sought after by the media for his expertise in the financial aspects of space investing as well as industry dynamics.

Transformational and innovative leader. Formerly Managing Director at ABC Studios International, part of The Walt Disney Company, where she built the company’s first international TV studio. Previously Lee was EVP/Head of Talent and Casting at ABC Entertainment Group where she pioneered a strategy of diverse, inclusive and international casting that led to commercially and critically acclaimed iconic series such as “How to Get Away with Murder,” “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives.”

Jenny is a venture investor and venture philanthropist based in New Zealand. Formerly a senior partner in one of NZ’s largest law firms and lead counsel at the NZ Bar. She has held a number of chair and governance roles. Jenny founded Greenlight Ventures NZ and is a direct seed investor in ventures with global reach, many of which aim to democratise access to a sector or are strong examples of game-changing deep-tech and clean-tech innovation. Jenny is also an active venture philanthropist, the foundation partner of the Impact Awards in NZ and patron of SpaceBaseNZ.

Founding partner of U.S. space VC SpaceFund. Considered a “godfather” of the space revolution, spent 30+ years defining, enabling and founding many of the pillars of the “new space” movement, from the private takeover of Russia’s Mir space station, to the X-Prize, and the first private ticket to ISS. Six-time congressional witness.

Nigel is a strategic and experienced Board contributor and Executive Director, with over 18 years of board level experience, 11 years as an MD of a private equity backed business, 6 years as a CEO of an AIM listed public business and 1 year as chairman of two PE backed businesses. An expert in acquisition strategy, having steered 3 successful acquisitions and leading both a public and private sale, integrating 5 businesses ensuring strict governance promoting accountability and transparency at all levels.

Formerly Director of growth for Waze, now part of Google. Prior to joining Waze, Di-Ann was co-founder and CEO of a user-generated, cartographic website. Di-Ann is an active investor. She is a 2014 Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Piers Linney is an entrepreneur and investor with experience across a range of sectors including technology, media and communications. Piers is the founder of Moblox, the technology and tools platform for small businesses. Piers is a well-known champion of entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized businesses and a regular media commentator on radio and TV.

Piers is best known as a former Dragon investor on BBC1’s Dragons’ Den and from Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire. He has a professional background as a qualified lawyer specialised in venture capital , M&A investment banking at Credit Suisse and alternative asset fund management.

He has been recognised as one of the UK’s top 100 most influential black Britons and in 2020 he was recognised as one of the UK’ s top 20 ethnic minority executives. Piers is an adviser to Sky and sits on its Diversity Advisory Council.