Tanja Zegers | Responsible for the GOVSATCOM initiative, European Commission

Biography

Tanja Zegers joined the European Commission in 2011 where she worked on challenging files such as the preparation of Horizon 2020 Space and the R&D programme for Galileo evolution. She is currently leading the GOVSATCOM initiative.

Prior to joining the Commission she worked for ESA and the Dutch administration managing space science programmes. She has a PhD in geosciences and worked as a university researcher and lecturer in The Netherlands, Australia and the United States.