Vanessa Lawrence
Dr Vanessa Vivienne Lawrence was Director-General and Chief Executive of Ordinance Survey, Britain's national mapping agency, between 2000-2014. She was the first woman ever to hold the post.[1]
Independent consultancy
In June 2015, Lawrence sought the advice of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) on setting up an independent consultant agency, 'to provide strategic advice on how to optimise information assets in the global digital arena'. The committee approved the request on condition that she should not become personally involved in lobbying government for up to two years after her last day of service, that she should not undertake work which involves providing advice to an organisation relating directly to Ordnance Survey, and that she make a case directly to the Committee before accepting any new commission. Lawrence took up the first of her commissions in September 2015.
Clients
- Satellite Applications Catapult; National Geospatial Information Committee, Saudi Arabia (September 2015)
- World Bank Group (October 2015)
- Australian government; Third Bridge (October 2016). [2]
Notes
- ↑ Winnie Agbonlahor, Lawrence to leave Ordnance Survey after 14 years, Civil Service World, 3 April 2014, accessed 24 October 2016.
- ↑ Summary of business appointments applications - Vanessa Lawrence, GOV.uk, 12 October 2016, accessed 24 October 2016.
