Frederic Nordlund is currently the head of the European Space Agency (ESA) Washington Office, representing ESA in the US and Canada. In this capacity, he supports cooperative actions of ESA with NASA, NOAA, the CSA and many other entities.

In a previous capacity, he was an administrator at ESA's International Relations Department where he was responsible for ESA's relations with Japan, Canada, and many of ESA's activities with the United States. He contributed to coordination of international actions with ESA's Member States and negotiated numerous agreements with different governments and space agencies. Before starting his career in 1992 at ESA, he worked in various firms in Canada. Among other tasks, he contributed to the formulation of the first Canadian Long-Term Space Plan. He held positions in multiple professional associations - e.g., vice president, International, American Astronautical Society (AAS) - 2002-2004; member of the Board of the Washington Space Business Roundtable (2001-2005); etc.

Nordlund received both his Master's of Law and degree in political sciences from Bordeaux University, France, in 1986, and his LL.M. from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, in 1988. He is a graduate of the International Space University (Summer Session in 1989).

• A Broader View of the Transatlantic Space Cooperation (June 29, 2006)