Steering Committee
Global Space Awards CIC (community interest company) has been established as a not-for-profit entity to champion the ecosystem for Space
The entity is governed by 4 steering committee members who will ensure transparency and fairness of the awards selection process and oversee financial governance of the operations.
ANNA HAZLETT
Founder & Principal, AzurX & AzurX Space Ventures
HIDETAKA AOKI
Space Evangelist, Co-Founder & Director of Space Port Japan and Co-Founder of SPACETIDE Foundation
SANJEEV GORDHAN
General Partner, Type One Ventures
NICOLA JANE BATES
Founder & CEO, XeleratedFifty | Managing Partner, Aerospace Xelerated
ANDREW ROBB
Chief Officer, Space Economy, Access Partnership
Advisors
Our advisory board brings together leading experts from across the space industry, providing strategic guidance and ensuring the highest standards of excellence in our awards process.
JEFF CRUSEY
DeepTech Investor | Co-Founder, Per Aspera | EVP, Technology & Acquisition, Blacklake
JAMES "J.D." RUSSELL
Commercial Astronaut | Entrepreneur | Founder, Alpha Funds
ANUSHKA SHARMA
Founder, Naaut | Co-Founder, London Space Network
AMIR DEYLAMI
COO & Associate Center Director, NASA Ames Research Center
ALDERMAN PROFESSOR EMMA EDHEM
Alderman, City of London Corporation | Professor in Practice, Space Economy, Technology & Innovation, Durham University
AVANTIKA GUPTA
Deeptech and biotech investor, Type One Ventures
ALEX TAI
Founding Chairman, Commercial Spaceflight Federation | Founding Member, Virgin Galactic
2026 Panel
Judges
Our international panel of judges brings together leading experts from academia, industry, finance, and policy to ensure credibility and impartiality in our awards selection process.
ADAM FIELD FRAES
Managing Director, BlueStaq Ltd | Royal Air Force Veteran
ALDERMAN PROFESSOR EMMA EDHEM
Alderman, City of London Corporation | Professor in Practice, Space Economy, Technology & Innovation, Durham University
ALEX TAI
Founding Chairman, Commercial Spaceflight Federation | Founding Member, Virgin Galactic
ALEXANDRA VIDYUK
CEO & General Partner, Beyond Earth Ventures
ALUN WILLIAMS
Director, Space at the ADS Group
AMIR DEYLAMI
COO & Associate Center Director, NASA Ames Research Center
ANDREW PARRIS
President, The Inspired 24 | 13-year NASA TV | CHaSE Spaceflight Trainer and ZeroG flyer
ANUSHKA SHARMA
Founder, Naaut | Co-Founder, London Space Network
BRAD RISTER
Commercial Solutions VP at Stellar Solutions Aerospace
CAROL ZANMILLER
Chief Strategy Officer, Rebel Space Technologies | Founder, Cosmic AES
DAVID WESTON
Strategy Consultant, Weston Strategy Lab
DUHITA GOVINDJI
Associate Partner - Space and Operating Model
ELENA LESNEVSKY
Co-Founder and CEO at Space Entertainment Enterprise
GEORGINA GOODE
Deputy Director for Strategy and Communications | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
HIDETAKA AOKI
Space Evangelist, Co-Founder & Director of Space Port Japan
IZZIE CLARKE
Science Host, Exec Podcast Producer & Author
JAMES "J.D." RUSSELL
Commercial Astronaut | Entrepreneur | Founder, Alpha Funds
JAMES LOCKYER
Space and Technology Equity Analyst at Peel Hunt
JAMES MAWSON
CEO, Founder of Mawsonia | Producer of Global Corporate Venturing
JEFF CRUSEY
DeepTech Investor | Co-Founder, Per Aspera | EVP, Technology & Acquisition, Blacklake
JERRY STONE
Presenter on Astronomy and Space Exploration | Project Leader, British Interplanetary Society
KSENIA OZKOK
Co-Founder, BluDot App | Founder, Re.Brand
LIBBY JACKSON OBE FRAES
Head of Space, Science Museum Group | Former Head of Space Exploration, UK Space Agency
ŁUKASZ WILCZYŃSKI
CEO at Planet Partners | President at European Space Foundation | Chair at IAC 2027 Poland
MARK BOGGETT
CEO, Seraphim Space
MEKHI DHESI PHD
Executive, Slingshot Aerospace | Space Presenter
NICOLA JANE BATES
Founder & CEO, XeleratedFifty | Managing Partner, Aerospace Xelerated
PETER KRISTOF PHD
Partner and Chief Ecosystem Officer, BTS Space | Pioneer, The Karman Project
RAJ PAI
Chief Technologist, NASA | Techlab Education
RAPHAEL ROETTGEN
Founding Partner, E2MC | Co-Founder, Promotheus Life Technologies
ROBERT CONWAY-KENNY
Senior Programme Manager for Space Ventures, Irish Manufacturing Research
RORY DANIELS
Head of Emerging Technology and Innovation | TechUK, International Nature Policy Advisor | Cabinet Office
ROSS HAMILTON
Founder & CEO
ROWENA CHRISTIANSEN
Space Health Topic Lead, University of Melbourne Medical School
SABRINA ALAM
Space Lead, SnT TTO, University of Luxembourg | CEO & Founder at Matter Space and Defence
FANI KALLIANOU DE JONG
Principal, EBRD -VP Policy & Partnerships | IAF Space: The Big Picture Initiative Sustainability Lead KARMAN Fellow 2025
MARK KRAIS
Founding Partner, Music & Entertainment | Bray & Krais
2026 Judging Panel
Join the 2026 Panel
We are assembling the 2026 judging panel. If you are a recognised leader in the space economy (investment, policy, science, or commercial operations) and wish to express interest in joining, we'd love to hear from you.
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