Philippe Lier

Philippe Lier is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité (SUPELEC). He joined the CNES in Toulouse in 1990 as an operating safety engineer. He then joined the CNES image quality teams, working for a long time on the HELIOS I and HELIOS II defense programs.

He was then on-board engineer in charge of operations for the JASON1 satellite, before joining the project teams as system manager for the PARASOL micro-satellite, launched in 2004. From 2005 to 2011, he was head of the image quality department, responsible for preparing the arrival of PLEIADES and CSO, among others. He was then appointed head of the "environment" projects department and advisor to the French delegation to ESA's PBEO. In 2016, he became Deputy Director in charge of scientific projects and advisor to the French delegation to ESA's Science Program Board, then Deputy Director of the Orbital Systems and Applications Directorate.

From April to December 2023, he was Deputy Director in charge of Operations and Technical Resources at CSG.

On December 1, 2023, he became Director of the Guiana Space Center.

He is also an auditor of the 47th session of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale (IHEDN).