Anna Ipsilanti joined ESA, the European Space Agency, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands in 2016. She is currently working as a senior Contracts Officer in the Earth Observation section on a series of satellites as part of the Copernicus program. Prior to that, Anna was working as a contract and program manager on large aerospace-defence, multi-bln government contracts in Paris and London.  Anna holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies and International Economics from SAIS-Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC and a Bachelor in European and International Studies.