John Kedar CGeog(GIS), FInstRE, FRGS

Director International Engagement, Ordnance Survey

John Kedar is Director International Engagement, Ordnance Survey. He builds key relationships with, and advises, UK Government, leading international organisations and national governments looking to gain enhanced value from geospatial capabilities.

John left the British Army to join Ordnance Survey International in 2013 where he opened up new markets in the Middle East, South America, Africa and Europe.  His experience spans a range of engineer, geospatial, intelligence and operational roles, including the development of new capabilities into Defence.  He has worked in Germany, Central America, Africa, Balkans, Cyprus, Afghanistan and across the Middle East, including two years with the Royal Army of Oman Engineers.  He has developed government policy and strategic direction for geospatial information, including representing UK on the EU Satellite Centre Board, and furthered the role of geography on international military and stability operations, disaster relief and London’s Olympics.   He leads UK’s input to the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management work.