Valentin Chomel leads the strategy and product definition at Beyond Aero, where his responsibilities range from conducting market analysis to defining aircraft specifications, creating development roadmaps, and building the program’s business case. His prior experience includes working in flight test instrumentation for next-generation engines and future vehicles in the civil, defense, and space sectors for worldwide programs at Safran, a top-tier international aviation technology supplier.

He is the inventor of three filed patents. He earned a Master’s degree in Innovation Management from École Polytechnique, where he won several prizes, including the Grand Prix des Stages de Recherche, JLG/Safran, and X-Impact Tech. He dropped out of his Ph.D. program in methodologies for strategy and technology roadmaps definition and management applied to new space and electric aviation to start Beyond Aero.