Francois Poncin
SPACETIDE Foundation
Corporate Planning Office
Francois Poncin boasts extensive experience spanning almost 20 years in the financial sector across Asia, having worked in Vietnam, Taiwan, and currently Japan since 2006. While holding senior management positions in the finance industry, Francois harbored a profound passion for space exploration. He firmly believes that space activities hold the key to addressing humanity’s major challenges in decades to come. Advocating for international collaboration, peaceful use, and sustainable practices in space, Francois aligns closely with SPACETIDE’s vision.
As a pro-bono member in the Corporate Planning Office of SPACETIDE, Francois actively fosters relationships with international stakeholders, furthering the foundation’s mission. His main interests center around cis-lunar exploration and development, in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), in-orbit servicing/manufacturing, and sustainability, both on Earth through the utilization of space assets and within the space environment itself – seeing these elements as indispensable building blocks to fully realize the potential of the space economy.
Francois holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Management from HEC Paris and is an alumnus of the ISU’s Space Studies Program.
Outside of his professional and volunteering activities, Francois enjoys playing music, traveling with his family, and practicing Aikido.
