Exhibit 99.1
DIRK HOKE JOINS BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SPIRE GLOBAL, INC.
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Airbus Defence and Space Division
to Add Global Expertise to the Company’s Board
VIENNA, VA—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services today announced that it has appointed Dirk Hoke to the Company’s board of directors. In his role, Mr. Hoke will work with Spire’s leadership team to help drive adoption of the Company’s solutions globally to key industry and government partners.
“It is exceptionally rare to come across someone like Dirk, who is so well-versed in the applications of space, the scaling of software solutions, and who has a rich network in the government and defense arenas, in Europe as well as around the globe,” said Peter Platzer, Spire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The experience he brings with him will surely help Spire navigate the next phase of our global growth, not just in the defense industry, but in all industries that can benefit from using Spire to deploy their own applications and sensors into space quickly and efficiently. I am incredibly pleased to welcome him to Spire’s board of directors.”
Mr. Hoke’s career spans 25 years and five continents in various industries, often focusing on digitalization. He was most recently Chief Executive Officer of the Airbus Defence and Space division of Airbus SE and served as a member of the Airbus Executive Committee. 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 Subdivision, President of Siemens Transportation Systems China, the first Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Africa and the Division Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Solutions in Germany. 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.
“Spire is a company at the leading edge of the new space economy, bringing unique data solutions to governments and companies to solve some of their greatest challenges, particularly those associated with climate change and moving towards net zero emissions,” said Mr. Hoke. “I’m looking forward to working with the company’s management team to expand Spire’s reach across industry and geography, identifying new use cases for the company’s space-based data solutions.”
About Spire Global, Inc.
Spire is a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, offering access to unique datasets and powerful insights about Earth from the ultimate vantage point so that organizations can make decisions with confidence, accuracy, and speed. Spire uses one of the world’s largest multi-purpose satellite constellations to source hard to acquire, valuable data and enriches it with predictive solutions. Spire then provides this data as a subscription to organizations around the world so they can improve business operations, decrease their environmental footprint, deploy resources for growth and competitive advantage, and mitigate risk. Spire gives commercial and government organizations the competitive advantage they seek to innovate and solve some of the world’s toughest problems with insights from space. Spire has offices in San Francisco, Boulder, Washington DC, Glasgow, Luxembourg, and Singapore. To learn more, visit http://www.spire.com.
