Vanessa Lawrence
Vanessa Lawrence is a leading geographer who in 2000 was appointed as Director General and Chief Executive of Ordnance Survey. She is also adviser to the Government on mapping, surveying and geographic information, and a Non-Executive Director of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Following a first degree in Geography and an MSc in remote sensing, image processing and its applications, she entered publishing with the Longman Group, before moving in 1996 to worldwide software provider Autodesk, where she developed a world-wide remit to position Autodesk and geographic information strategically within governments, national mapping organisations and large corporations.
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