Elizabeth Seward has over 15 years of experience in the space industry and is a Senior Strategist for the Space Systems division of Airbus Defence and Space, responsible for the UK strategy across all areas of satellite manufacturing. Previous roles include leading the Earth Observation, Navigation and Science marketing team, thermal engineering and mission systems engineering in the future programmes team, where she worked on projects such as the first study for the ExoMars rover and a mission to return a sample from an asteroid.

She is active in the International Astronautical Federation, sitting on the Entrepreneurship and Investment committee, the Honours and Awards committee, the GEOSS committee and is a previous vice chair and continuing committee member of the Workforce Development and Young Professionals Committee.

As a STEM outreach ambassador, Elizabeth has presented to groups and schools, and has made appearances as a space expert in various media.

Elizabeth has an MPhys degree in Physics with Space Science & Technology from the University of Leicester.

Elizabeth is a co-founder and the chair of the WIA-E UK local group, which was set-up in 2016.