Richard Peckham Richard holds a BSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and a MA in Business Management; is a Chartered Engineer and member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, and also a fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation. Richard has worked in the defence and aerospace sector since graduating in 1976, later specialising in navigation and air traffic management at senior management level, then moving into the space sector in 2000, leading navigation business development across Astrium’s divisions in Germany, France and UK. Richard now works as Director of Business Development for EADS Astrium UK, and is Vice Chairman of UKspace (the trade association for the space industry) and Chairman of the UKspace Satellite Navigation Committee. He is based in Portsmouth, UK.