3-4 December 2025

SEC Glasgow

Speakers

Andrew Faiola

Commercial Vice President. Astroscale

Speaker profile

Andrew joined Astroscale in January 2023 to lead the Business Development, Sales, and Marketing functions in the UK as the company expands to make in-orbit servicing and debris removal routine by 2030, and delivers on its vision for safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations.  He is a senior leader with over 20 years growing revenue across the satellite communications and space industries.

He was previously VP EMEAAP Sales at ALL.SPACE, leading sales and business development for all commercial and global government segments.  Prior to that, he held senior positions at ST Engineering iDirect and Intelsat where he focused on providing critical communications infrastructure to the Aviation, Maritime, and Land Mobile segments.  Earlier in his career, he held various sales and marketing roles at NewSkies Satellites, and at an independent teleport in the USA called ESATEL Communications.  He also performed research and project development work at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, DC, and at NASA, which involved the provision of Internet service and remote sensing for environmental monitoring.

Andrew holds a BA in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis, and an MA in International Affairs from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

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Space Law Symposium – Tackling the hot topics that keep you up at night

Naomi Pryde


Partner & Global Co-Chair of the Exploration and Innovation Group,
DLA Piper

Louis Head


Senior Associate at DLA Piper (Major Projects/Procurements - Infrastructure and Assets, including Defence, Nuclear and Space),
DLA Piper

Linzi Penman


Partner,
DLA Piper

James McGachie


Partner,
DLA Piper

Paul Hardy


Partner,
DLA Piper

Massimiliano Vasile


Director ,
Aerospace Centre of Excellence

Colin Macleod


Head of UK Space Regulation,
UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

Ray Fielding


Head of Sustainability & ADR,
UK Space Agency

Jodi Bartin


Chief Executive Officer,
Citicourt & Co

Lina Srebrova-Wilson


Business Developer,
Institute on AI for Space Sustainability

Dr Nicholas Ross


Founder & CEO,
Niparo

Andrew Faiola


Commercial Vice President,
Astroscale

Alderman Professor Emma Edhem


Lord Mayor’s Aldermanic Envoy for Space Technology and Innovation,
City of London Corporation

Fiona Stone


Head of Space CNI,
UK Space Agency

Craig Kennedy


Founder and Managing Director,
Safespy Limited

Dave Keighley


Managing Director for Defence and Security,
Goonhilly Earth Station Limited

Charles Platts


Chief Finance Officer,
Orbex

Daria Dasha Filichkina


Chief Operations Officer,
Astroagency

Andy Campbell


Founder,
Scottish Space Network

Paul Bhatia


Business Applications Regional Ambassador for Midlands and North,
European Space Agency (ESA)

Joanne Rout


Senior Business Development Manager,
Durham University

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