Aarti Holla-Maini is an Indian-born British-Belgian satellite industry expert who was appointed the Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) on 26 June 2023.
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Aarti Holla-Manny is from the United Kingdom. He did a course in Anglo-German Law from King’s College London (1988–1992). He received a Diploma in German Law from the University of Passau, Germany (1990–1991). Later, he attended the University of Law in Moorgate, England, where he did the Legal Practice Course (1992–1993). He did an MBA exchange program at NYU Stern School of Business in New York, USA from 1995 to 1996. He received an MBA from HEC Paris in Jouy-en-Josas, France. In 2021, he did an executive space course at the International Space University Illkirch-Grafenstaden, France. She later lived in Brussels with her husband and children.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5″
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye colour: black
Family
Aarti Maini belongs to a Punjabi family.
parents and siblings
His father, Kunj Lal Maini, was a retired pharmacist; He died in 2022. His mother’s name is Shobha Maini. He has three brothers Naveen Maini, Bhushan Maini and Bharat Maini.
Aarti Holla-Manny’s parents
Aarti Holla-Maini’s brother Naveen Maini with his wife Poonam Maini
husband and children
Aarti Holla-Manny is married to Rogier Holla, who is Dutch. He works at the European Commission in Brussels. They have three sons, Sameer Holla, Siddharth Holla and Satyam Holla.
Aarti Holla-Manny with her husband Rogier Holla
Aarti Holla-Maini with her husband and children
livelihood
In September 1993, she joined the Prichard Englefield law firm as a trainee solicitor; He worked there until 1995. He qualified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court in the UK in 1995. In January 1997, he began working at Daimler-Benz Aerospace/EADS (now Airbus) in Germany. In 2000, she moved to Munich, Brussels to represent Airbus’s interests in the European satellite navigation programme: Galileo. In May 2004, he resigned from Airbus as business development manager. In September 2004, she joined the EMEA Satellite Operators Association (ESOA), which was rebranded as the Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA) in 2021, and retired as its Secretary General in January 2023. At GSOA, Arti led its expansion from a European association. One that represents the interests of 22 global and regional satellite operators.
From left to right, GSOA General Secretary, Aarti Holla-Manny; Rwanda’s ICT Minister, Paula Ingabire; and Director General of RSA, Colonel Francis Ngabo
In September 2004, she became founding chair of Orbitz Consulting in Brussels. Orbitz Consulting provides consulting services to clients in the space and satellite industry. In April 2023, she became Executive Vice President of Sustainability, Policy and Impact at Northstar Earth & Space in Brussels. Aarti has rich experience in various roles related to space. He has served as a member of the WEF Global 5G Coalition Network, the WEF Essential Digital Infrastructure and Services Network, and WEF’s Global Future Council on Space. She has also been a member of the Advisory Group of the Space Sustainability Rating, managed by eSpace at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Space Centre. Additionally, she has been part of the advisory board of the Satellite Industry Association of India. He has worked as Senior Space Policy Advisor at Forum Europe and as Expert Advisor for the European Union Study on Space Traffic Management from 2021 to 2023. He played a key role in the development of the Crisis Connectivity Charter in 2015. This charter focuses on emergency telecommunications via satellite with the World Food Programme’s Emergency Telecommunications Cluster.
Aarti Holla-Maine as Moderator of the Ministerial Coalition for Digital Nations 2023
On 26 June 2023, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of Artie Holla-Manny of the United Kingdom as Director of the Vienna-based United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). UNOOSA is an office of the United Nations Secretariat that works to promote international cooperation in the peaceful uses and exploration of space and the use of space science and technology for sustainable economic and social development.
Facts/General Knowledge
- He is multilingual and is fluent in English, French, German and Punjabi. He also has general knowledge of the Dutch language.
- She was named one of the Faces of Satellite for 2014 by the Society of Satellite Professionals International.
- He holds British and Belgian nationalities.
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