René Oosterlinck

Background

Oosterlinck, René was born in 1944 in Belgium.

Education

Degree in Engineering, State Technology Institute Nuclear Industries, Brussels, 1966. Degree in Civil Engineering, University Leuven, Belgium, 1969. Degree in Law, University Leiden, Netherlands, 1977.

Career

Teacher physics & mathematics, Republic of the Congo, 1969—1971. Patent examiner International Patent Office, The Hague, Netherlands, 1971—1979. Head international property, transfer of technical & information policy office European Space Agency, 1979—1984, various positions including head personnel & site services department, head security office and director Paris Headquarters, 1984—1998, head legal affairs department, 1998—1999, head navigation department, 1999—2005, director legal affairs & external relations, 2005—2008, director Galileo program and navigation-related activities, since 2008.

Lecturer space law University Ghent, Belgium, since 2004.

Achievements

• René Oosterlinck has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace agency executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married; 4 children.