Marie-Claire Perkinson leads the Exploration Future Programmes activities at Airbus Defence and Space overseeing bidding for Mars, Moon and LEO early phase studies and implementation projects.
Marie-Claire has managed multiple science, and planetary exploration future projects and proposals since joining Airbus in 1999, including, LISA, XEUS/IXO, Marco Polo and Mars Sample Return.
Marie-Claire holds a Degree in Physics with Space Science and a Masters in Electromechanical from the University of Leicester.