RAPHAEL ROETTGEN

Raphael is the founder of E2MC and possesses a unique blend of space and financial expertise. He has twenty years of global financial markets experience in M&A and investing, at JP Morgan, Greenhill, Deutsche Bank and hedge funds, and has also been a fintech entrepreneur in Brazil. Since 2017 he is involved in the space sector as an advisor and investor. He holds degrees in Space Studies from the International Space University, Finance from the Wharton School and Machine Learning from PUC-Rio. He is a CFA and FRM charterholder.

GUILLERMO SOEHNLEIN

Guillermo has almost twenty years of experience in New Space, incl. as founder of Space Angels. He was also a co-founder of Ansible (now RBC Signals), a global ground station network for small satcom, and of Blue Marble Exploration, an ocean exploration company.

MINO CAPOSSELA

Mino uses his extensive financial and business development knowledge in order to guide E2MC’s corporate and investment strategy. He has previously served as a partner at Goldman Sachs and has also held senior roles at JP Morgan and Credit Suisse, as well as at hedge funds. He is also an active angel investor. Mino has previously worked with Raphael.

DON DEFOSSET III

Don is the CIO of DJD Group, a U.S. family office, where he conducts venture capital and private equity investments in sectors including TMT, biotech, energy and space.

GARY MARTIN

Gary worked for 32 years at multiple NASA Centers, supporting science missions and human spaceflight. In 2002, he was named as NASA’s first Space Architect, leading strategic planning for NASA. He was awarded NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2005. Most recently, he was a Senior Advisor to the Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy on space.

OFER LAPID

Ofer is an advisor to the Israeli Space Agency and the Israel Innovation Authority. He has held senior roles in Israel’s national space program, incl. as its CTO. He is the co-founder of SpaceNest, a space-focused incubator. Ofer is also a trustee and part of the faculty of the International Space University.

BILL COWLEY

Bill Cowley worked at the University of South Australia for over 30 years, mainly in the Institute for Telecommunications Research at Mawson Lakes. He retired in September 2015 from his UniSA position of Professor of Communication Signal Processing and is currently an adjunct researcher at UniSA. He is a regular lecturer on satellite communications at the International Space University.

JUSTIN KARL, PhD

Justin serves as a Subsystem Manager for the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) at NASA, where he also supports Orion, the International Space Station, and the Launch Services Program. He is an expert on a range of space subjects, incl. human spaceflight, propulsion, remote sensing, materials, structural mechanics and others. He teaches core aerospace courses at UCF and developed the curriculum for the world’s first Spaceflight Operations degree at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

YOAV LANDSMAN

Yoav is an Israeli aerospace engineer with the experience of more than 18 years in spacecraft operations and systems engineering. His last role was in the Israeli NPO SpaceIL, where he was the senior systems engineer and deputy mission director of the Beresheet mission, the first (and currently only) privately-funded spacecraft that has reached the Moon.

TAIWO TEJUMOLA, PhD

GREG WEREMOWICZ

Greg is a successful entrepreneur, having built and exited two venture-funded businesses in the U.S. Previously he advised aerospace clients at McKinsey. He graduated magna cum laude in science and economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

GUILLERMO KRAUCH

Guillermo is a final-year aeronautics and astronautics engineering student at the University of São Paulo and has previously interned at Airbus in Germany.

KELLI RODRIGUES

Kelli is an experienced office manager and has worked has Raphael’s assistant for over ten years.