New member appointed to the GeoPlace Board

The GeoPlace Board consists of two members from the LGA and two from Ordnance Survey and they set the overall strategic direction and policy of GeoPlace.

Paul is Chief Financial Officer at Ordnance Survey and has a strong background in financial management. Prior to his role at Ordnance Survey, Paul was VP and CFO at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS), where he was responsible for finance, IT and commercial growth in the Europe Middle East and Africa region. In that role, Paul was a part of the global management team that drove revenue growth, mergers and acquisitions; supporting the achievement of the business strategy.

Nick Chapallaz, GeoPlace’s Managing Director reports to the Board and in welcoming Paul’s appointment to the Board Nick said: “Our relationship with our managing partners is vital to the success of the GeoPlace. We work closely with Ordnance Survey on a day-to-day basis in developing and enhancing AddressBase and the OS MasterMap Highways products. This also provides invaluable insight into the commercial markets for this data, which is essential for our developing business strategy. Paul brings GeoPlace expertise in business growth and the rollout of highly successful managed services, together with strategic partnership working. I am looking forward to working with him.”

Paul joins Claire Holloway and Juliet Whitworth from the LGA and John Kimmance from Ordnance Survey onto the GeoPlace Board.

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