William Garnier is Director of Communications, Outreach and Education at the SKA Observatory. In his position, William is in charge of developing and delivering the overarching Communications and Outreach strategy for the organisation. William is coordinating a network of communications experts across the SKA partnership to ensure alignment and effective coordination of communications activities.

William has been working in the science communication field for over 18 years and is experienced in crafting and delivering communications strategies in complex, challenging and politically sensitive environments. He first started as a freelance journalist in France and then as a science communicator in major international astronomy organisations. After 2 years at the ESO (European Southern Observatory) headquarters in Chile, he set up and led the communications department of the world’s largest radio telescope, ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) in 2007. In November 2012, William accepted the challenge to lead the global communications effort of 'the next big thing in radio astronomy', namely the SKA project.