Vanessa Lawrence
Co-Chair
UN Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)
United Kingdom

Biography
Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB, HonFREng, FRGS, FRICS, FCInstCES, CCMI, CGeog is the Secretary General of Ordnance Survey International. Dr. Lawrence received her business training from the publishing company Pearson plc. and then moved to developing for Pearson a successful start-up new technology business; prior to joining Ordnance Survey in September 2000 she held senior positions with international software company Autodesk Inc. In the New Year’s Honours of 2008 she was appointed as a Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB). Among her many external positions, she is currently the Honorary Vice-President of The Geographical Association and a member of the Council of the Royal Geographical Society, the Honorary Colonel of 135 Independent Geographic Squadron, Royal Engineers as well as being a Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton and at Kingston University.