OHB Hellas reinforce its link with the French ecosystem in Greece
The AFIC (Association Francaise des Ingénieurs et Cadres) organizes themed lunches, professional meetings, cultural, sporting or social activities for its members and their families. Founded in 1953 in Athens, it brings together French-speaking engineers, managers, executives and project leaders in Greece. It promotes networking, mutual support and integration.
The OHB SE Group is proud of its multi-cultural heritage with its subsidary in Greece being a perfect example. Our French colleague, Mathieu Bernou, Managing Director at OHB Hellas along with his two french collaborators had the chance to present our activities to a panel of space-enthousiasts.
The presentation featured an overview of OHB activites in Greece by responding to the following questions: how the heritage from our group drove our way in the early phase of our development and still today? What are the sectors where we are pushing innovation? What is our vision for the future of OHB Hellas and the greek space industry?
Group Heritage
OHB Hellas participates in ESA’s major scientific missions, bringing to Greece the expertise of the OHB group.
“At OHB, we deeply think that introducing champions from the european industry into new country will allow to develop us but will also osters innovation and enhances local capabilities. OHB is bringing an unique expertise and create knowledge transfer, which will accelerate industry development and economic growth. We’re are really proud of all the hard work that has been achieve those past 7 years and we’re really excited for what’s coming next”
Mathieu Bernou, Managing Director & CTO at OHB Hellas
Space Made in Greece
The goal of OHB Hellas is to develop an intelligent on-board computer to enable satellites to analyze their observations in real time (e.g., forest fires, border surveillance) and to position Greece as a key contributor to the European space industry.
“We’re convinced about the potential of this idea and we’re proud about the interest from extremely relevant partners in the space industry such as ESA. We do believe that this product finds its way well in the OHB Group ecosystem and that it represents a strategic opportunity for Greece to actually build something that matters for Europe and for the greek people.”
Mathieu Roule, Space Systems Engineer at OHB Hellas
Space Island
To achieve this objective and open up new opportunities, OHB Hellas is now expanding to Heraklion (Crete) to build a center of excellence for space in Greece with its partners (FORTH, University of Crete).
“It’s probably for us the most exciting project of 2025 and for years to come. Things are moving really fast in Crete We share our vision with great partners with whom we intend to build an impactfull collaboration for Greece and Europe. Our goal is to make Heraklion for Greece what Toulouse is for France, Bremen for Germany or even the Silicone Valley. We want to create a tehcnological pole at European scale and take advantage of the extremely attractive way of life from Crete to attract talents from all over Europe.”
Martial Bailly, Project Management Officer at OHB Hellas
OHB Hellas aims to pave the way for a growing Greek space industry by taking advantage of OHB Group’s decades of experience, providing a strong vision and building strategic partnerships all accross Europe. Our motivation is unwavering and we’re determined to succeed.
The event took place on Tuesday 27th of May 2025. OHB Hellas would like to deeply thanks the AFIC for the organizition of such a meaningfull event as well as the Sofitel Athens Airport for their warm welcome while hosting it.
