Being trained as a German lawyer, Roya Ayazi held positions in European/Governmental Affairs for more than 20 years and has work experience in public administration and associations of civil society represented in Brussels. Since 2009, Secretary General of the European network NEREUS (Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies), Roya heads its Brussels/Belgium-based secretariat and is the main interface of the association at the European level and coordinating network activities. She followed the major space legislative procedures with an impact on the downstream sector in the past 15 years and established the network as a reference for regional user communities towards the space community and relevant European institutions.