About us
YEESS is an association founded in 2021 by European startups and SMEs with the purpose of representing the emerging space sector and fostering its implication in Europe’s Space Ambition.
Yeess wants to work with and for Europe and support collectively the competitiveness of Europe in #space.
Board members 
Juan Tomás Hernani is co-founder and CEO of SATLANTIS since 2014, a leading NewSpace Company for Earth and Universe Observation Technologies and End-to-End Solutions for Small Satellites. He is an Industrial Engineer (Engineering School of Bilbao), Economist (Business Administration – Universidad del País Vasco), and has a Master of Science/Advanced Manufacturing (Cranfield Institute of Technology). He has experience both in top management of private companies and in highly ranked positions in public administration. He has been President or CEO in large industrial groups, playing a leading role as entrepreneur and investor in SMEs, with high exposure to internationalization, technology and innovation. Since 2021 he is President of YEESS – Young European Enterprises Syndicate for Space.
Juan Tomás Hernani
CEO and co-founder @Satlantis
Nicolas CAPET, ANYWAVES CEO, is a French PhD engineer, expert in electromagnetism and microwaves, graduated from ENAC and Toulouse University. Former CNES antenna engineer, Nicolas has contributed to more than 65 scientific publications and 25 patents. His passion for space and his real desire to contribute to French & European new space boom drove him to launch his own company in 2017. Since then, ANYWAVES has been designing and manufacturing revolutionary antennas for the satellite constellations market.
Nicolas Capet
Founder and CEO @Anywaves
Dr. Olga Stelmakh Drescher is a prominent leader in space policy and industry affairs. She serves as a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Space. She also represents her company on the NewSpace Advisory Board, advising the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), while fulfilling her role as Chief Policy, Legal, and Government Relations Officer at Exolaunch.
Olga Stelmakh-Drescher
Olga Stelmakh-Drescher
Chief Policy, Legal and Government Relations Officer @Exolaunch
Pierre Wilhelm is a Swiss-Italian executive and a key driver of growth at Aerospacelab, where he serves since 2021 as EMEA Business Development Director and CEO of Switzerland. In this role, he has been instrumental in securing multi-million dollar deals with both commercial and institutional partners across the region. Drawing on 15+ years in high-technology B2B markets and a track record of managing up to $200M in sales at Honeywell Aerospace, he combines deep engineering expertise with sharp commercial instincts.
Pierre Wilhelm
CCO & CEO SW @Aerospacelab
He is an Aerospace Engineer by the universities of ISAE- Toulouse and UPC (Barcelona). He has gained expertise at Airbus (FR) and Avio (IT) into the aeronautical and space propulsion fields. He cofounded Pangea Propulsion in 2018 to disrupt the launcher segment by introducing novel technologies into the fields of reusability and propulsion. Pangea currently employs 30 people and has recently succeeded in testing a novel rocket engine, the aerospike. Such a milestone is key on Pangea’s roadmap to have a reusable launcher.
Adrià Argemí
Co-Founder & CEO @Pangea Aerospace
With over ten years of expertise in Quantum Physics and Optics, Dr. Jean-François Morizur founded Cailabs in 2013. Since then, the company has experienced remarkable growth, now employing more than 100 people across its three locations.
Jean-François Morizur
Jean-François Morizur
CEO and co-founder @Cailabs
Adel Haddoud graduated from ISAE-SUPAERO, the leading French institute for the aerospace industry. He’s also a graduate from one of the world’s top MBA programs: INSEAD.
Adel had a successful career as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and Europe, before moving to consulting and executive positions in leading multinational organizations, such as McKinsey & Company.
He started Infinite Orbits back in 2019 as an investor before becoming the full time CEO, leading the company to be one of the fastest growing in-orbit servicing startups in the world.
Adel Addoud
Adel Addoud
CEO @Infinite Orbits
Maxime Jambon is Chief Public Affairs and Communication Officer and a member of the Executive Committee at Exotrail, a French space logistics company. Since joining in 2022, he has led the company’s engagement with public authorities, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility policy.
Previously, he spent seven years at Arianespace, where he served as Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO and Head of Institutional Affairs, working at the intersection of industry and public policy in the European space sector.
Maxime also serves as Secretary of Alliance NewSpace France and as a board member of the Young European Enterprises Syndicate for Space (YEESS). Through these roles, he advocates for a competitive and sovereign European space sector, built on cooperation between emerging companies and established industry players.
Maxime Jambon
VP Public affairs and ESG @Exotrail