Geoffroy Beaudot

Bio

Mr Geoffroy Beaudot joined the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs -
Directorate of Defence of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in May 2016 in order to
develop Space programs, including mainly Satellite Communications and Earth
Observation systems. He currently the Head of ‘SPACE and CYBER’ Office at the
Directorate of Defence and represents Luxembourg in different European initiatives
(at EDA, ESA or EU Commission level) and is the national representative for the NATO
SatCom capability team meetings. He is also engaged in many bilateral developments
with NATO Allies. As Head of Office, he advises the Minister of Defence and his Chief
of Staff on numerous occasions when meeting international leaders and stakeholders
from different sectors. He started his career in 1996 as Offcier in the Belgian Ministry of Defence and in 2002, his first position was Head of a Network Supervision team. In 2007, he started managing the service in charge of the satellite communication hub for the Belgian MoD. After three years in this function, he became SatCom Program Manager for the Belgian Defence. In 2012, after a one-year staff course, he joined the 4th Group Communications and Information Systems as Officer ‘Operations & Training’. In 2015, he became Major (OF-3) and went back to the procurement service of the Belgian Defence as Head of the Cell C³ Platforms Integration.
Mr Beaudot attended the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium and graduated with a Master of Engineering, Telecommunications. He is born in 1978, is married with three children. He grew up in Belgium, used to practice sports and is an active member of the scout movement.