Dr. Pascal Faucher is a graduate from SUPAERO (1997) and holds a Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from the University Paul Sabatier (2001) along with an Executive MBA from ESCP Business School (2007). His experience includes more than 22 years of various positions at the French Space Agency (CNES) in Paris. For the last 14 years, he is a programme manager in defense and security, focusing on space security, space situational awareness, space traffic, space debris, space weather and planetary defense. Dr. Faucher chairs several committees, including the EU SST Steering Committee (2017, re-elected in 2019, 2022 and 2025), the IAF Space Security Committee (2021, re-elected in 2024), and co-chairs the EU Industry and Start-ups Forum on STM (2022). He is a French delegate to the PB-SSA of ESA (2012), Admin Board of EUSPA (2021), EU STM Main Group (2023), IADC Steering Group (2012), SMPAG (2014) and UN COPUOS WG LTS (2012) among others. In France, he chairs the National Coordination Group on Space Weather (GCME). He is a member of the French Steering Group on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena (GEIPAN).