Marios Fotiou

Marios Fotiou is a space systems engineer with more than a decade of experience in satellite communications and satellite communications service design and delivery. He is a graduate of Electronic Engineering from the University of Surrey and holds a master’s degree in Spacecraft Systems and Satellite Communications from UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

Since September 2011 he has worked in Cyprus for Avanti Communications taking multiple technical roles within satellite systems engineering and satellite procurement programme management. In spring 2018 he took the role of the HYLAS 4 spacecraft mission director up to its successful launch from French Guiana.

Following that he has worked on building a strong Solutions Engineering function that has successfully supported the closure and delivery of major contracts in all areas of the business including Carriers, Defence, and the Industry. In July last year he was given the responsibility to bring together all the customer facing technical teams of the business that gave rise to Solutions Engineering & Delivery encompassing the Solutions, Service Delivery and Technical Service Desk teams with an aim to provide an excellent end-to-end experience to customers.

Before joining Avanti, Marios had worked for the 1st private mobile telephony network operator in Cyprus as well as regional satellite service providers in the fixed and maritime sector.

He is currently serving at the national technical experts committee supporting the Cyprus Minister of Communications and Works on issues of national space policy, that lead the country signing up a European Cooperate State agreement with the European Space Agency in 2016. He is an active member of the Executive Committee of the Cyprus international Business Association and a long-standing member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) in the UK.