"Space Project" biographies

Pierre-Alain SCHIEB - Counsellor and Head of Projects

French citizen, Dr. Pierre-Alain Schieb is Counsellor in the Advisory Unit to the Secretary-General of the OECD, which manages the International Futures Programme.  He is in charge of the International Futures Network, and is Head of OECD Futures Projects, such as the ongoing project on Global Infrastructure Needs: Prospects and Implications for Public and Private Actors, the project on Risk Management Policies in Selected OECD Countries; and the project on The BioEconomy in 2030: A Policy Agenda. Further to recommendations arising from a two year Futures Project, Dr. Schieb is also in charge of the newly created OECD Global Forum on Space Economics. The aim of the Futures Programme is to help decision-makers in government and business identify and evaluate the strategic challenges of a rapidly changing world economy within a long-term perspective.

Before joining the OECD in 1994, Dr. Schieb was formerly Executive Vice-President of International Business of one France’s major retailing groups; Dean of a graduate school of business in France; and holds an Associate-Professorship at the University of Paris Dauphine.  Co-founder of a high-tech start-up company in the early 1980s and involved in venture capital initiatives, Dr. Schieb was also a consultant to numerous French and US companies in the field of alliances, industrial cooperation, licensing, corporate and marketing strategies. He has also published many articles in the field of international management, risk management, marketing and corporate strategy.

Dr. Schieb earned a Ph.D (Doctorat d’Etat) in management science from the University of Strasbourg (1981), a DBA in economics and business administration from the University of Aix-en-Provence (1974), and a M.Sc in quantitative marketing from the University of Sherbrooke (Canada). Dr. Schieb has received numerous distinctions such as: the Best Award in Economy (Aix-en-Provence, 1967), Best Dissertation Award (Quebec, Canada, 1974), Chevalier in the French Order of Palmes Académiques (1991).

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Claire JOLLY  - Policy Analyst

French citizen, Claire Jolly is a Policy Analyst in the Advisory Unit to the Secretary-General of the OECD. She joined the OECD in 2003 to provide expertise for the OECD Advisory Unit's project on the emerging commercial space sector. She is currently the senior policy analyst for the OECD Global Forum on Space Economics, writing background reports for the Forum and OECD publications on the space economy.

Before joining the OECD, Claire Jolly was a policy analyst for the European Space Agency in Holland, dealing with regulatory issues on experiments and space missions. As a co-founder of a dynamic consulting firm, she was a consultant for major aerospace and defence firms in Europe and North America, contributing to sectoral market studies and publishing many articles on space policy and dual-use technologies' issues.

Claire Jolly studied international relations at l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Paris, and received her DESS  in security studies with honours from the Versailles University (1998). She holds an engineering certificate in space systems from Ecole Nationale des Techniques Avancées (ENSTA) in Paris (1998). As an intern, she worked a a junior analyst for French and European organisations, such as the Secrétariat Général de la Défense Nationale (SGDN) or the Assembly of the Western European Union (WEU). Based on her policy and high technology-oriented background, she received a scholarship by the French and European space agencies to participate to a multidisciplinary Master programme (supported by major space agencies and industries) at the International Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg (MSc in 1999). She is currently pursuing part-time a Phd in international relations at the University of Durham on technology transfers issues.
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