3-4 December 2025

SEC Glasgow

Speakers

Charles Platts

Chief Finance Officer. Orbex

Speaker profile

Charles has a wealth of experience in CFO and senior finance roles in high tech and manufacturing businesses.  Most recently, prior to Orbex, Charles was CFO at Paragraf, the first company in the world to mass produce graphene-based microchips, and here he worked successfully on late-stage deep-tech fundraising and business scaling.  Prior to this Charles held Senior Finance leadership roles at Fujifilm and Johnson Matthey.  At Orbex, as well as being responsible for all financial aspects, Charles leads Orbex’s business services teams, ensuring the smooth running of Orbex’s business and project activities.

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Wednesday 11 September

14:00

14:00 - 18:00   |   Roundtables & Workshops

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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