Chehineze Bouafia

Head, Regulatory Affairs, Space & Telecommunications

Chehineze Bouafia is Head of Regulatory Affairs, Space and Telecommunications at Eutelsat Group. In addition to telecoms regulation, she is in charge of space law and policy matters, in particular compliance with French space law, and leads the Group's work on political and legal developments relating to space sustainability, including satellite constellations, space traffic management and in-orbit services. She holds a master's degree in space activities and telecommunications law from Paris-Sud University and studied international law at Paris-Sud University and Monash University. She began her career as a lawyer at the Alerion law firm, working in its innovation department as a compliance and regulatory adviser to clients in the aerospace sector. Before joining Eutelsat Group, she worked at the European Space Agency, in the legal services department and in the administration of the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL).