Camilla Taylor, Satellite Vu CFO

Satellite Vu has a new CFO. Satellite Vu announced Oct. 11 that it had hired Camilla Taylor to be its new CFO ahead of its upcoming satellite launch. Previously Taylor had served as CFO at what3words, where she helped scale the company from 20 people to post Series C, and at electric mobility business Saietta Group, where she led the company through its first funding rounds and a strategic acquisition.

Satellite Vu has seen significant business growth over the past 18 months, raising over 20 million pounds ($22.1 million) in venture funding led by Seraphim Space Investment Trust, with A/O Proptech and Lockheed Martin Ventures, and grants from the UK Space Agency and European Space Agency. This has allowed Satellite Vu to commence construction of their first two Mid Wave Infra-Red (MWIR) thermal monitoring satellites with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) ahead of the launch of the first of their planned constellation of eight satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket in May 2023.

“Climate change mitigation is the defining issue of our time, and it’s never felt as mainstream as it does today. It’s a privilege to be joining Anthony [Baker, CEO and Founder], Toby [Reinicke, CTO and Founder], and the exceptional team at Satellite Vu, and to be working on a project with such great disruptive potential, in a sector that I love,” Taylor said in a statement.