Guido Levrini

After graduating from the University of Rome as an electronic engineer in 1983, Guido Levrini worked for 12 years in the space industry (Thales Alenia Space Italy) on projects such as ERS-1 Radar Altimeter, on the X-SAR project, and on Envisat (RA-2). During this period he also served for two years as professor of Radiotechnique at the University of Perugia (Italy). In June 1995, he joined the European Space Agency, where, in the Envisat project, he was responsible for the development of all ground processors, for managing the development of the microwave instruments, and for the overall Commissioning Phase. He worked on Copernicus since its very beginning in 2004 (at the time GMES), first as Sentinel-1A project manager and then, from 2010 to 2022, as Programme Manager of the Copernicus space segment. From 2010 to 2012, in parallel to his assignment on Copernicus, he coordinated the set-up of the Metop Second Generation programme (developed by ESA in cooperation with EUMETSAT). In January 2022, he took the responsibility of the development of the Italian IRIDE project, followed, a year later, by the Spanish, Polish and Greek national projects. Retired from ESA in July 2025.