Meet the Team

Dr. Graham Turnock

Secretary General

graham.turnock@eurisy.eu

+33 [0] 1 47 34 81 75

Dr Graham Turnock joined Eurisy in 2025 as Secretary General, where he leads the team working closely with EURISY Members and wider stakeholders. Dr Turnock holds a PhD in Particle Physics from Cambridge University for his work at the European Organization for Nuclear Research. He was a UK civil servant for almost 30 years during which time he also worked in the European Commission and the French administration. After serving as Chief Executive Officer of the UK Space Agency (2017-2021), he led the Accelerator Programme at the European Space Agency, and from 2025 he serves as Eurisy Secretary General.

Žaklin Butinar

Project Officer

zaklin.butinar@eurisy.eu

+33 [0] 1 47 34 00 79

Žaklin joined Eurisy in 2024 as a Project Officer, where she currently supports the development of various projects as an Eurisy representative, including the communication and dissemination activities of the GEOAcademy and SpaceSUITE projects

Gabriella Quattropanetti

Communication Officer

gabriella.quattropanetti@eurisy.eu

+33 [0] 1 47 34 00 79

Gabriella joined Eurisy as Communication Officer in 2024. She oversees the communication activities to promote the association and its members, and collaborates to develop Eurisy strategy. She is responsible for conducting research and coordinating community outreach, and providing administrative support for event planning activities.

Fanni Dominika Török

Project Officer

fanni.torok@eurisy.eu

+33 [0] 1 47 34 81 72

Fanni joined Eurisy in January 2025 as a Project Officer. She contributes to the development of Eurisy’s thematic areas, Space for Culture and Space for Cities, through her work on the THETIDA and UDENE projects. She leads communication and dissemination efforts, focusing on user engagement, outreach initiatives, and research activities to connect space-based solutions with cultural heritage preservation and sustainable urban development.

Albane Peltier

Project Officer

albane.peltier@eurisy.eu

+33 [0] 1 47 34 81 73

Albane joined Eurisy as a Project Officer in 2025, where she currently focuses on Disaster Risk Management and civil security. She co-organises workshops with EUSPA on satellite-based services for disaster risk management, supports the development of project proposals and research initiatives. In her role, Albane oversees user engagement, research projects, as well as communication, dissemination activities and actively supports the association's activities to bridge the gap between space and society.

Betty Blom

Project Officer

betty.blom@eurisy.eu

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Betty joined Eurisy in August 2024 as a Project Officer. She focuses on projects related to the marine sector through research and communication and dissemination activities.

Dominique Tilmans

Chair of Eurisy

After a career of 27 years in politics marked by an active involvement in the Space sector through chairing the ‘Senate Space Group’ and leading the European Interparliamentary Space Conference (EISC), Dominique launched YouSpace and Switch to Space in 2014 in order to link STEM Students to Belgian Space experts. She is currently the Chair of Eurisy, Board Member of Telespazio Belgium, Member of the Advisory Board of ESPI, member of the Advisory Bord of Europlanet2021 RI and Vice-President of IAF. In 2017, she received the “BeSpace personality of the year” award. www.dominiquetilmans.be

Julien Béclard

Eurisy Vice-President

Julien is one of the most experienced members of this association. In 2014, he started working at space Belgian High Representation for Space policy (BHRS) as an expert on EU space policy. Julien is currently working part time at the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) and at the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the European Union.

Ersilia Vaudo

Eurisy Vice-President

Ersilia has a long-standing career in ESA, including four years at the ESA Washington office, and is the current Chief Diversity Officer and Special Advisor on Strategic Evolution to the Director of European, Legal and International matters. She is a member of the Advisor Board del Women's Forum G20 Italy 2021 and the French “Scale-Up Europe” initiative.

Gabriella Arrigo

Eurisy Vice-President

Gabriella has spent more than 30 years of her career in the field of international space relations at bilateral and multilateral level. Currently she is Director of International Affairs at the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Senior Member of the Italian delegation to the European Space Agency (ESA), Senior national expert to the EU Space Group, and Senior Member of the Italian delegation to UNCOPUOS. As full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Gabriella is currently the Chair of Commission 5 on Space Policy, Law and Economy (2022-2024 term).