Les juges

Marie-Pierre Grondin

I am thrilled to be able to contribute to the Space Prize Challenge Paris. I am a firm believer in education for space and the future. The Lycée Hélène Boucher, named after the famous French aviation pioneer, also reflects my personal mission to advance the interconnected industries of aviation, aerospace, energy, and infrastructure. As the Space Prize Challenge Paris is designed to encourage young women to pursue a STEAM education, I hope it will encourage more of us to explore careers in the space industry. It is an honor to work with the inspiring team at Space Prize as an official judge for Space Prize Challenge Paris.

Je suis ravie de pouvoir contribuer au Space Prize Challenge Paris. Je crois fermement à l'éducation de l'industrie spatiale et du future. Le Lycée Hélène Boucher, du nom d’une célèbre pionnière de l'aviation française, reflète également ma mission personnelle d’avancer les industries interconnectées d'aviation, d'aérospatiale, d'énergie et d’infrastructure. Comme le Space Prize Challenge Paris est conçu pour encourager les jeunes femmes à poursuivre une formation STEAM, j'espère qu'il encouragera davantage d'entre nous à explorer les carrières dans l'industrie spatiale. C'est un honneur de travailler avec l'équipe inspirante de Space Prize en tant que juge officiel du Space Prize Challenge Paris.

Aviation Marie, the Space Counselor™, provides guidance and end-to-end financial solution sets in the aerospace sector, with a focus on building point-to-point spaceports and related infrastructure projects. Prior to starting her own company, she was a partner at a global law firm specializing in aviation and space finance. She’s worked half her career in large law firms and the other half directly involved in the day-to-day legal logistics of companies in both the broader real estate and aerospace sectors. She’s acquired corporate jets, leased commercial aircraft & engines, financed satellite production through and including launch of the satellite itself, built a toll road in Florida, and developed spaceports, all on behalf of her clients. Now she’s using her skill sets to construct the future gateways to the stars.

Main Services

  • Operations and Finance Deal Consulting

  • Capital Raises

  • Investment Bank Process

  • Private Equity Funding

  • Debt Finance

  • Asset Based Lending

  • Industries

  • Aviation & Aerospace

  • Energy (including commercial build-out of Fusion)

  • Cyber

  • Infrastructure

  • Real Estate

Main Projects: Spaceport Base of Operations (SBOs)

  • Engine Test Cells

  • Hypersonic Wind Tunnels

  • Launch Facilities (Vertical and Horizontal)

  • Satellite Financing

  • Space as a Service Funding

  • “AeroSpace Ports of the Future”: Spaceport / Point-to-point Facilities / Vertiport Development