Europe’s role in space

Prior to joining Friends of Europe, Dharmendra Kanani was director of policy at the European Foundation Centre (EFC). He was the England director at the Big Lottery Fund, the largest independent funder in the UK and fourth largest in the world. Dharmendra has held senior positions in the public and voluntary sectors and advisor to numerous ministerial policy initiatives across the UK.

Having worked at the European Space Agency since 1987, Eric Morel de Westgaver has held a number of positions at the organisation. In his current role as the Head of the European Space Agency’s headquarters in Paris, and the Director of European, Legal and International Matters, his Directorate provides the authoritative legal advice to the Director General, the Directorates, the Council and other organs of the ESA, to achieve the objectives set up in the ESA Convention, formulating legal opinions and bringing new ideas to formalise space policies and programmes in Europe.