Sylvain D’Hoine

Sylvain D’HOINE, a graduate of École Polytechnique with a specialization in computer science, began his career at Airbus in the United States and France. After founding and developing a software publishing start-up, he joined CS Group in 1999. In 2003, he took over the Space Business Unit and expanded it to its current size of over 1,000 employees across France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, and Romania. Today, within Sopra Steria, this unit is a leading European player in space engineering services and turnkey space software systems, both on the ground and on board. It supports its customers from mission analysis through to operations, leveraging cutting-edge expertise in digital technologies and space algorithms. This mastery enables it to address the challenges of Space for Security and Defence while embracing new uses of space.