THE POLARIS TEAM

Monika Märtens

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

Having worked for various tech companies, including in the automotive and IT industry, Monika has more than 25 years of experience in accounting, controlling, marketing and sales. As a freelance consultant, she also managed international marketing projects in Germany and Ireland where she lived for several years.

Matthias Spott

Matthias has more than 25 years of experience in the aerospace industry. After a successful career in international corporations, management consulting firms and as co-CEO of IABG, he became one of Europe’s first NewSpace entrepreneurs in 2015 and founded the satellite mega-constellation startup eightyLEO and other companies and acts now as business angel / investor.

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Steffen Herfurth

Steffen held executive positions in various technology companies in the communications and finance sector. Together with Matthias, he founded the satellite constellation startup eightyLEO, where he was active as Chief Financial Officer.

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Diederik Kelder

Diederik is a business developer with more than 25 years of experience in investment in the space industry. He currently serves as as Chief Strategy Officer at LEO constellation operator Rivada Space Networks. Prior to that he held several strategy and development functions with satellite communications companies SES, New Skies and Eutelsat.