Dave Moody

David is the Director of the North East Space Skills and Technology Centre, a £50m academic, industry and government investment that is set to transform the regional and wider UK Space economy. Previously, in his Royal Navy career, David quickly understood the military need for Space. In the last 10 years he has worked on Space activity full time. Establishing a Space Capability team in 2015, he drove much of the SKYNET satellite communications programme; contributed to the Defence & National Space Strategies; and to the Space Industrial Plan. David also Chaired the NATO Satellite Communications Capability Team. His final military post was as Head of Space Capability at UK Space Command. Throughout his Space journey, David has been striving to increase the number of Space professionals as a key component of sector success, at the Regional, National, Industrial and International levels.