Ian Spencer

Ian Spencer has been a Geospatial Analyst with the UK Ministry of Defence for 25 years. He has worked in product and standards development, and has represented the Ministry of Defence in the DGIWG (Defence Geographic Information Working Group), NATO, British Standards Institute, and ISO TC/211 standards organisations. Since promotion onto the DGC Management Team in 2004 Ian has held a variety of roles which include leading DGC’s capability planning, delivery and integration; business and resource management and corporate planning; learning & development; information management; and geographic research. Ian currently leads the development of Human Geography concepts and capability, and champions the role of geospatial analysis in the development of wider Defence and Intelligence Community (IC) doctrine and procedures.  He chairs a UK Defence Human Domain Community of Interest and co-chairs an international Defence Human Geography working group.  He also leads the development of, and then chairs, an annual Defence Academy conference structured around the theme of spatial socio-cultural knowledge.