Philippe Rosius

Philippe Rosius is a former captain in the French Navy in which he spent 28 years. He has been assigned to surface warships as communication and information systems officer, operations officer, executive officer and commanding officer. He was deployed in several areas of operations such as in the former Yugoslavia in the 90s, Indian Ocean in the 2000s, and in the Caribbean for counter-narco operations. 

After his studies at the École de Guerre in Paris in 2007, Philippe Rosius was assigned to the Joint Staff as navigation programme officer responsible for national navigation programmes and equipment and for following GNSS (GPS and Galileo) for the Joint Staff in coordination with the other concerned ministries and CNES. He then moved to the new French Joint Space Command in 2010 with responsibilities in space policy (national and international) and international cooperation with allies, NATO and EU institutions. 

After 15 years of military and naval operations, and a 10 year period in military space programmes, policy and cooperation, Philippe Rosius joined the GSA, now EUSPA, on November 1st, 2017 as Head of the GSMC in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France).