John has served in the UK armed forces, including leading its geospatial capabilities, and then followed it up with a six-year stint at the Ordnance Survey, opening new international markets and, as Director International Engagement, building long-term intergovernmental relationships. He now works independently, supporting nations deliver ‘the power of where’.
Data is capital and trusted national data has national value. Data is an element of today’s complex geopolitics, both as an instrument of power and in giving…