Space Scotland has appointed Dr Hina Khan as its first-ever executive director, bringing more than 25 years’ of industry experience to the organisation, which is looking to accelerate the sector’s growth and collaboration.
Having previously worked at NASA, the European Space Agency and space-based data firm Spire, she has been concentrating on space for all of her working life.
Space Scotland is an industry-led body is made up of 60 sector companies, as well as academia and government officials. It aims to help the industry achieve a goal of contributing more than £4bn annually to the Scottish economy by 2030.
