Nina Patz has been appointed as Equatorial Launch Australia's (ELA) new Head of Business Development.
Nina most recently worked with Australian aerospace company, Hypersonix Launch Systems. She was integral to the team that secured a US Department of Defense government contract through the Defense Innovation Unit in March 2023 against 62 global applicants.
"Nina's role will be to work closely with our growing customer base to close out contracts we’ve been negotiating for some time and then help us deliver launch and spaceport services tailored to our customers’ mission requirements and provide them with the benefits of launching from a state-of-the-art, full-service spaceport," said ELA Group CEO, Michael Jones