Glasgow, 20th August 2018
Global Surface Intelligence - GSI - the Scottish-based geospatial analytics company, is pleased to announce the appointment of George Lindsay to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer.
George has previously held senior management roles in similar industries, most recently spending the last 5 years in the USA as COO of Aglytix, a major agricultural analytics software developer, pioneering the use of drones for crop analytics.
Prior to that George spent 10 years as CEO of a major packaging manufacturer in the Middle East. He has also held other senior roles and has extensive commercial experience in capital goods and FMCG businesses throughout the world.
George was appointed as a GlobalScot, a Scottish business ambassador, in 2012 by the former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond and remains active in assisting Scottish businesses expand their international operations.
“We are pleased that George joined our company and we look forward to him rapidly driving our expansion program which is crucial to scaling our business."
"His previous experience in running successful and profitable companies will be critical in helping us achieve our ambitious goals” commented Gavin Tweedie, CEO of GSI.
George Lindsay adds
“It is exciting to return to Scotland and find so much innovation and desire to excel."
"The board of GSI and the senior management have demonstrated a true commitment to making GSI a major player in the geospatial sector, giving its clients unique products to measure their natural resource assets and I look forward to helping this dynamic young company get there.”
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