Taro Kuusiholma

Biography

Taro Kuusiholma is Finnish independent Aerospace strategy and policy counsel. Previously he worked inter alia as Special Adviser for Finnish Transport Safety Agency (CAA Finland) Regulation and Development department, and in private sector. He has been actively involved in different international space and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems organizations, working groups and panels. He was adviser in EASA P&M TAG, advisor for Norway in ICAO UASSG, member of ICAO RPASP and ICAO and UNOOSA Space Group. He served as Plenary Member and WG Chair of the Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS).

Taro is former Chair of the Legal and Policy Committee of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS). Currently he serves as member of IAASS Board and as IAASS’s COPUOS and ICAO liaison. He also contributes as member of International Advisory Committee of ACES Worldwide, Alliance for Collaboration in the Exploration of Space.

He is Associate Editor of Journal of Space Safety Engineering (JSSE), Fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society, and Foreign Member of Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (CSAA).