Leaf Space Mark Decade of Impressive Growth with Leadership Refresh

An Italian space company offering Ground Segment as a Service (GSaaS) for the global space industry has announced the reinforcement of its senior leadership team, with a view to positioning itself for further growth. The news comes hot on the heels of a series of major milestone achievements over recent months and is accompanied by a revitalisation of the company’s brand identity.

Leaf Space, who employ 50 staff from their headquarters in Italy and operate close to 30 ground stations in 16 locations worldwide, successfully closed its Series B fundraise last year with more than €30m of total investment. Meanwhile, just last month, the company recorded more than 15,000 tracked passes of satellites in orbit during a single calendar month – an increase of 50% over the past year and a new high for the firm that was set up in a garage in Milan ten years ago.

The news broke during LeafCon, an event organised by the Leaf Space team to cultivate close relationships with the company’s valued customers, and focuses on the expansion of their network and new senior leadership appointments to join the company’s founding partners. Cristina Zanchi was unveiled as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), following an extensive recruitment process led by Co-Founders Jonata Puglia and Giovanni Pandolfi Bortoletto. Ms. Zanchi boasts a wealth of experience in senior leadership roles within the telecommunications industry, as well as previous positions at household name companies such as Orange, KLM and Shell. Her proven track record for defining and executing strategic planning, with an emphasis on elevating customer experience and operational excellence, was seen as a major asset for the firm as it seeks to deliver upon its vision for product innovation and further expansion as part of the dynamic, fast-paced, ‘new space’ economy.