Sarah Macken

Sarah leads Telespazio UK within the Telespazio Group, which is one of the world’s main players in satellite solutions and services. Sarah was appointed CEO of Telespazio UK in July 2024.

Prior to joining Telespazio UK, Sarah served as Vice President of UK Business Development for Airbus Defence and Space where she was entrusted with ensuring that the UK’s space missions, programmes and research and development initiatives delivered capabilities that advanced customer competitiveness.

Building on her earlier career in the Aerospace and Defence sector at the UK’s trade body, ADS, she ran her own consultancy providing business development advice. She was part of the team that established the Aerospace Growth Partnership which led to a new way of industry and Government co-investing in substantial research and development programmes.