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Virgin Galactic: from Dream to Reality, and Other Thoughts on the Commercial Future of Space

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  • Monday, 13 December 2010
  • 00:00
  • Duration: 1 hr 20 mins
  • Publication date: 13 Dec 2010
  • Location: IETTV_Room, IETTV_Venue, London, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Wheatstone Lecture 2010

About the session

In this presentation, the President of Virgin Galactic tells the story so far of the most exciting technology story of the 21st century. He takes a look at the future influence space will have on our lives including digital communications, and recounts how the online industry and innovation across all business functions within Virgin has impacted on consumers and brands.

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    Will Whitehorn

    Virgin Galactic, President

    Will Whitehorn joined the Virgin Group as Group Public Relations Manager in 1987. Over the next several years he was responsible for presenting Virgin's joint venture strategy and spent several months working in Japan and began to move into a more general management role. Will worked on the strategy to expand the brand into new areas such as financial services and telecoms. From 1995 onwards, Will became part of a team developing the Virgin branded venture capital model for global expansion. In 1997 he became a director of Virgin Rail Group and in 2000, he was appointed Brand Development and Corporate Affairs Director for Virgin. In 2004 he became President of Virgin Galactic. In 2007 he took on that role in an executive capacity and became a special advisor to Sir Richard Branson. He is also a trustee of the Virgin Unite social entrepreneurship and environmental not for profit foundation. In addition to his Virgin involvement, Will was appointed as non-executive Chairman of Next Fifteen Communications Group plc, the global technology PR consultancy, in January 2004. He is also a member of the Development Board of The University of Aberdeen. In 2007 he was also invited to join the advisory board of the BNSC (British National Space Centre). He is also a member of the first Minister of Scotland's 'GlobalScot' business mentoring network.
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