Background

Zenker, Stefan was born on May 15, 1940 in Dresden, Germany. Son of Gerhard Ernst and Marta Gunilla (af Sillèn) Zenker. arrived in Sweden, 1944.

Education

Master of Science, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1963. Postgraduate, Stanford University, 1967.

Career

Staff engineer, Saab, Linköping, Sweden, 1965-1970; staff engineer, Swedish Space Corporation, Stockholm, 1970-1976; head department, Swedish Space Corporation, Stockholm, 1976-1992; deputy general manager strategy division, Swedish Space Corporation, Stockholm, since 1992. Swedish delegate European Space Agency Earth Observation Programme Board, Paris, since 1976.

Achievements

• Stefan Zenker has been listed as a noteworthy space company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Second lieutenant Swedish Air Force, 1965-1966.

Interests

• Avocations: mountaineering, skiing, canoeing, chess.

Connections

Married Araguacema Valente, July 4, 1992. Children: Christofer, Kerstin.

Father:

Gerhard Ernst Zenker

Mother:

Marta Gunilla (af Sillèn) Zenker

Spouse:

Araguacema Valente

child:

Kerstin Zenker

child:

Christofer Zenker