Grégoire Bourban is working at the Swiss Space Center as deputy director in charge of the national affairs and the relationship with the European Space Agency (ESA). He is coordinator of national studies funded by the Swiss Space Office of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI/SSO) between industries and academic laboratories in Switzerland. He is also member of the Swiss delegation at ESA for the Technology Harmonisation Advisory Group (THAG).