Christine Klein, 48 years, born in Bonn, Germany, three children, graduated in Political Sciences and International / European Law at the University Bonn in 2002.
Started working in the space domain as project team member in the area of ISS Commercialisation at Kesberg, Buetfering & Partner, German SME.
Joined the German Space Agency at DLR in 2012, responsible for financial planning and controlling of German contributions to ESA programmes. Member of the German Delegation to the Administrative and Finance Committee (AFC) of ESA. ViceChairperson of AFC from 2016, chairing working groups on the reform of ESA (i.e. reform of ESA Financial Regulations in 2017). 2017-2020 Chairwoman of AFC. From 2019 Head of the German Delegation to the Industrial Policy Committee (IPC) of ESA, representing German industrial interests towards ESA. 2019 received the Fritz\nRudorf-Preis, award for outstanding achievements in performing the complex sovereign tasks of space management in cooperation with the European Space Agency.
Joined ESA as Head of Workforce Management in 2020, responsible for the overall workforce sizing and implementation at the Agency. Since July 2022, Head of Industrial Policy and Audits Department in the Directorate of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness.