Leadership

Joan Amble has served as one of our directors since August 2022. She has an extensive career in finance, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Finance, and Chief Accounting Officer/Comptroller for American Express. Prior to holding senior leadership positions at American Express, Ms. Amble spent more than a decade at General Electric, most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for GE Capital markets, overseeing securitizations, debt placement, and syndication, as well as structured equity transactions. She has extensive experience in corporate governance, having served on the Board of Directors of Broadcom Corp, Brown-Forman, Sirius XM Holdings Inc., and as an independent advisor to the Executive Committee of the U.S. affiliate of Societe Generate S.A. Ms. Amble currently serves as a member of the Standards and Emerging Issues Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and on the Board of Directors of Zurich Insurance Group AG and Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Until May 2023, she was a board member, audit committee chair and member of the nomination and governance committee at BuzzFeed, Inc. She is currently the president of JCA Consulting, LLC. Throughout her career, Ms. Amble has been a tremendous advocate for the professional development of women in business. She is the co-founder of W.O.M.E.N in America, a leadership program launched in the fall of 2009.

Theresa Condor has served as our President since March 5, 2025, our Chief Executive Officer since January 2025 and one of our directors since August 2021. Prior to her role as Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Condor served as Chief Operating Officer from October 2021 to December 2024 and Executive Vice President, General Manager of Space Services and Earth Intelligence from August 2021 to October 2021. Ms. Condor also served as Executive Vice President, General Manager of Space Services and Earth Intelligence at Legacy Spire, in addition to serving in a variety of other roles, since February 2013, and served as one of Legacy Spire’s directors since November 2015. From August 2008 to February 2012, Ms. Condor was with Citigroup Inc., an investment bank and financial services company, where she served most recently as Vice President of Trade Risk Distribution at the Latin America Desk and previously as a Rotating Management Associate. Ms. Condor holds a B.A. in Government from Cornell University and an M.I.A. in International Finance and Policy from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Dirk Hoke has served as one of our directors since November 2021. Mr. Hoke is currently the Chief Executive Officer of VOITH Group, a global operating technology company. Mr. Hoke was the Chief Executive Officer of Volocopter GmbH, the pioneer of Urban Air Mobility, until February 2025. In December 2024, Volocopter GmbH began provisional insolvency proceedings and was subsequently acquired by Diamond Aircraft Industries in March 2025. Prior to joining us, Mr. Hoke served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Airbus Defence and Space division of Airbus SE and served as a member of the Airbus Executive Committee from January 2016 to August 2021. Before joining Airbus, he worked at Siemens AG, where he held various executive-level positions including General Manager for the Transrapid Propulsion and Power Supply, President of Siemens Transportation Systems China, the first Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Africa and the Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Solutions, Customer Services and Large Drives in Germany from May 2005 to December 2015. Mr. Hoke currently serves on the Board of Directors of SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Brunswick, Germany and is an Alumni of the Young Global Leader Program of the World Economic Forum.

Stephen Messer has served as one of our directors since August 2021. Mr. Messer served as one of the directors of Legacy Spire from May 2014 through the Closing. Mr. Messer has served as Member at Zephir Worldwide LLC, a venture capital firm, since 2012. Mr. Messer has served as Vice Chairman and Co-Founder at Collective[i], a foundation AI model for Commerce, since January 2008 and as President and Co-Founder of World Evolved Services, LLC, a venture capital firm, since January 2006. Prior to this, Mr. Messer served as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at LinkShare Corporation, an affiliate marketing service company acquired by Rakuten, Inc., from 1996 to 2005. Mr. Messer currently serves on the board of directors of several private companies and on the advisory boards for multiple venture capital firms. Mr. Messer holds a B.A. in Government and Law, History from Lafayette College and a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University.

Peter Platzer has served as one of our directors since August 2021 and became the Executive Chairman in January 2025. He served as our Chief Executive Officer from August 2021 to December 2024 and as our President from August 2021 to March 5, 2025. Mr. Platzer served as the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Legacy Spire and as one of its directors from September 2012 through the Closing of our merger with NavSight. Prior to this, Mr. Platzer served as Senior Portfolio Manager at Vegasoul Capital, LLC, an asset management firm, from September 2010 to September 2011, and as Director, Proprietary Trader at Deutsche Bank AG, an investment bank and financial services company, from July 2007 to December 2010. Mr. Platzer also served as Head of Quantitative Research at TRG Management LP, also known as The Rohatyn Group, an asset management firm, from May 2003 to July 2007. Mr. Platzer holds a Dipl. Ing (equivalent to B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. qualification exam) in Physics from the Technical University of Vienna, an M.Sc. cum laude in Space Science and Management from the International Space University, and an M.B.A. summa cum laude from Harvard Business School.

William D. Porteous has served as one of our directors since August 2021. Mr. Porteous served as one of the directors of Legacy Spire from May 2014 through the Closing. Since August 2000, Mr. Porteous has been with RRE Ventures, LLC, a venture capital firm, where he currently serves as a General Partner and the firm’s Chief Operating Officer. Over the course of his career, Mr. Porteous has served on the board of directors of more than 20 companies. In addition to Spire, Mr. Porteous currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of BlackSky Technology Inc., (NYSE: BKSY) as well as Nanit, Paperless Post, Pattern, Pilot Fiber, Ursa, and Wave. Mr. Porteous has also served as Co-Chairman and Founder at the Dockery Farms Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to preserving the historic property and heritage of Dockery Farms. Mr. Porteous served as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University from January 2003 to May 2018. Mr. Porteous holds a B.A. in English from Stanford University, an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, and an M.Sc. in Economics and Industrial Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dr. Toni Rinow has served as one of our directors since October 2025. Dr. Rinow previously served as Chief Financial Officer of a NASDAQ-listed company, where she raised over $100 million in capital financing and led strategic acquisitions. Dr. Rinow has also held senior leadership roles as Global General Manager at Jubilant DraxImage and as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Isologic Radiopharmaceuticals. She currently serves on the boards of the Chambre des Huissiers de Justice du Québec and Extraordinary Women on Boards, and previously chaired the audit committee of Sprout AI. Dr. Rinow holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics and Chemistry from the University of Montreal, an M.B.A. and Master’s in Accounting from McGill University, and a degree in Chemical Engineering from the ERASMUS European Higher Institute of Chemistry.

John Martinez has served as one of our directors since March 2026. Mr. Martinez currently serves as Chief Legal Officer at Parsons Corporation, a publicly traded technology provider focused on national security and global infrastructure markets. Prior to joining Parsons, Mr. Martinez served as Chief Legal Officer at Maximus. Earlier in his career, he held senior executive roles at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and within the U.S. intelligence community. Mr. Martinez holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law.

Admiral Christopher W. Grady (Ret.) has served as one of our advisors since January 2026. He brings more than four decades of experience at the highest levels of U.S. military and national security leadership, spanning joint, allied, and strategic command. Most recently, he served as the 12th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s second highest-ranking military officer, and previously served as Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2025. Throughout his career, Admiral Grady held numerous command and senior advisory roles across the U.S. Department of War, including Commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Naval Forces Northern Command, U.S. Naval Forces Strategic Command, and Commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO. In these roles, he advised civilian and military leadership on global operations, force readiness, alliance coordination, and strategic deterrence.

Edward J. Newberry has served as one of our advisors since January 2026. He is a globally recognized public policy and government affairs leader with decades of experience advising corporations and sovereign governments on complex regulatory, national security, and geopolitical matters. Currently, he serves as Global Managing Partner for Public Policy, Compliance, Investigatory and Regulatory Solutions at Squire Patton Boggs and is a member of the firm’s Executive Leadership Group, where he advises clients at the intersection of government, law, and business.

Theresa Condor has served as our President since March 5, 2025, our Chief Executive Officer since January 2025 and one of our directors since August 2021. Prior to her role as Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Condor served as Chief Operating Officer from October 2021 to December 2024 and Executive Vice President, General Manager of Space Services and Earth Intelligence from August 2021 to October 2021. Ms. Condor also served as Executive Vice President, General Manager of Space Services and Earth Intelligence at Legacy Spire, in addition to serving in a variety of other roles, since February 2013, and served as one of Legacy Spire’s directors since November 2015. From August 2008 to February 2012, Ms. Condor was with Citigroup Inc., an investment bank and financial services company, where she served most recently as Vice President of Trade Risk Distribution at the Latin America Desk and previously as a Rotating Management Associate. Ms. Condor holds a B.A. in Government from Cornell University and an M.I.A. in International Finance and Policy from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Celia Pelaz has served as Spire’s Chief Operating Officer since January 2025. With over 20 years of experience in the defense and security industry, Ms. Pelaz has built her career on developing and implementing strategies that drive growth, technological innovation and operational excellence. She joined Spire from HENSOLDT AG, where she served as Chief Operating Officer from April to August 2024, Chief Strategy Officer from July 2021 to March 2024 and Head of Spectrum Dominance & Airborne Solutions Division from April 2018 to August 2022. She was also a member of the Management Board from July 2021 to August 2024. HENSOLDT AG was carved out of Airbus Group in 2017 and focuses on sensor technologies for defense and security missions. During her time at HENSOLDT AG, Ms. Pelaz led transformative initiatives, including major acquisitions, global market expansion, and the development of key defense technologies. She holds a degree in Industrial Technical Engineering from Cámarabilbao University Business School.

Gabriel Oehme is Spire’s Chief Technology Officer and has been with the company since January 2025. He brings over two decades of experience from Airbus, where he held leadership roles in operations, business development, procurement, and sales from April 1999 to February 2021. Prior to joining Spire, Mr. Oehme was Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer at Aerotech Peissenberg, an aerospace manufacturing company specializing in precision machining at scale, from March 2021 to December 2024. There, he drove growth in civil and military aerospace markets while improving profitability and operational efficiency. Mr. Oehme holds a master’s degree in economics from RWTH Aachen University and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Ms. Engel, most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of LeaseAccelerator, Inc., a software-as-a-service company, from January 2023 to August 2024. She also was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Gannet Co., Inc., a diversified media company, from January 2015 to April 2020, and of DallasNews Corporation (formerly A.H. Belo Corporation), a media holding company, from February 2008 to December 2014. Ms. Engel holds an M.P.A. and B.B.A. in accounting and business from the University of Texas at Austin.

Peter Platzer has served as one of our directors since August 2021 and became the Executive Chairman in January 2025. He served as our Chief Executive Officer from August 2021 to December 2024 and as our President from August 2021 to March 5, 2025. Mr. Platzer served as the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Legacy Spire and as one of its directors from September 2012 through the Closing of our merger with NavSight. Prior to this, Mr. Platzer served as Senior Portfolio Manager at Vegasoul Capital, LLC, an asset management firm, from September 2010 to September 2011, and as Director, Proprietary Trader at Deutsche Bank AG, an investment bank and financial services company, from July 2007 to December 2010. Mr. Platzer also served as Head of Quantitative Research at TRG Management LP, also known as The Rohatyn Group, an asset management firm, from May 2003 to July 2007. Mr. Platzer holds a Dipl. Ing (equivalent to B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. qualification exam) in Physics from the Technical University of Vienna, an M.Sc. cum laude in Space Science and Management from the International Space University, and an M.B.A. summa cum laude from Harvard Business School.

David Myers has served as Spire’s Chief Legal Officer since January 2025. Prior to joining Spire, Mr. Myers served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Spirit AeroSystems. He brings more than 15 years of experience as a strategic legal and business partner, advising boards and executive teams, shaping organizational strategy, and leading high-performing legal and business operations.

Mr. Myers holds an LL.M. in Tax from the University of Washington, a J.D. from Willamette University, and a B.A. in Political Science from Brigham Young University.