Marie-Anne CLAIR

CNES
Director for Orbital Systems

 

She is Director for Orbital Systems, CNES, Toulouse, France since January 2017. She is in charge of project developments in the field of Science, Earth observation, defense, telecommunication, stratospheric balloons as well as associated R&T and engineering.

She played an important role in the development of microsatellites, balloons, and launch systems. She was project manager for the integral spectrometer and project manager for the Myriade microsatellite CNES product line; head of stratospheric balloon activity and launcher deputy Director in charge of Ariane6 new governance in relation with ESA and industry. Author of 7 publications.