Cock Overbeek
Vice-President & Global Lead, CGI Space Program, CGI
Cock leads CGI’s Global Space business, which is based in offices across the Globe. The business has over 1000 professionals who deliver mission critical systems, technical consultancy, secure software development and systems integration for space programmes in satellite navigation, satellite communication, earth observation and satellite control. Also Space Data enabled platforms, applications and services is part of this business.
Cock’s clients include European Space Agency, European Commission, GSA,Thales Alenia Space, Airbus, Inmarsat and UK Ministry of Defence. He also builds relationships with NASA, MAXAR and Canadian Space Agency.
Cock has worked in satellite navigation from 2002 and has lead the CGI UK Space business from 2012. Since mid 2018 Cock is responsible for the CGI Global Space business. Cock is an experienced business and programme director with a career spent in the aerospace and information technology sectors. Before joining CGI, in 1993 he ran his own IT company and worked for KMPG.