Samar Julaidan

Samar Julaidan is a Strategic Partnerships Manager at Arabsat, where she works on expanding partnerships with key clients as well as international companies to grow service offerings and revenue streams in the space industry. She also leads engagement with key government stakeholders to strengthen relationships and advance business opportunities across the sector. She previously worked as a Space Key Account Manager at Thales Group, responsible for the space business in KSA and supporting strategic clients in the space and defense sectors. Earlier in her career, she contributed to the national space strategy and policy development at the Saudi Space Commission and worked as a systems engineer at Lockheed Martin Space. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Concordia University Irvine.