# Theresa Condor

> Theresa Condor is Spire Global’s co-founder, president, CEO and a director. An early commercial leader with a background in emerging markets and trade finance, she helped build Spire’s customer relationships and international operations before becoming COO in 2021 and CEO in January 2025. Her stated focus is using space technology to solve practical problems on Earth.

- **Role:** President and Chief Executive Officer at Spire Global
- **Organizations:** Spire Global, Citigroup
- **Education:** B.A. in Government, Cornell University, M.I.A. in International Finance and Policy, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, London School of Economics
- **Known for:** Signed Spire’s first international memorandum of understanding, first letter of intent and first million-dollar contract., Helped lead international expansion into Singapore and Glasgow., Oversaw global business units as Spire’s first COO.

## Career timeline

- **Before graduate school** — Lived in Bangladesh for approximately three years, working on private sector development and trade promotion.
- **2008-2012** — Worked at Citigroup from August 2008 to February 2012, most recently as Vice President of Trade Risk Distribution on the Latin America Desk.
- **2012** — Describes co-founding Spire with Peter Platzer and two technical co-founders.
- **2013** — Formal company biography dates her roles at Legacy Spire from February 2013.
- **2015** — Joined the Legacy Spire board in November.
- **2021** — Became a director of the public company in August and COO in October.
- **2025** — Became CEO on January 1 and president on March 5.
- **2026** — Led Spire as it established satellite manufacturing in Munich.

## Achievements

- Signed Spire’s first international memorandum of understanding, first letter of intent and first million-dollar contract.
- Helped lead international expansion into Singapore and Glasgow.
- Oversaw global business units as Spire’s first COO.
- Became Spire’s CEO after serving on its founding team.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published a first-person essay on how commercial space companies earn customer trust through repeated delivery.
- **2026-08** — Discussed manufacturing expansion, weather data demand and radio-frequency intelligence on Spire’s second-quarter earnings call.
- **2026-05** — Spire announced its Munich manufacturing facility, initially supporting EURIALO demonstration satellites, with stated capacity of up to 100 satellites annually.
- **2026-01** — Appeared in Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversation about her first year as CEO and new growth markets.

## Links

- Website: https://spire.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresa-condor-4497462/

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