Get to Know Us

Executive Chairman

Peter Young has been involved in leading high-tech industries in Aerospace, Space and Defence for over 30 years. He was CEO for seven years of Telespazio VEGA, one of the UK’s leading space services companies, and concurrently, senior vice president, based in Rome, for the Satellite Systems business unit of the parent company, Telespazio Sp.A  Peter is also a  member of the Scottish space leadership council.

CEO

Gavin is a serial entrepreneur in the founding teams of six startups over 20 years, achieving exits and mergers with Sun Microsystems, IBM, HP and Virtual Instruments. Extensive experience in growing businesses creating market leading products and services with a focus in providing valuable decision support systems and business intelligence.

Chief Scientist and Founder

Matt is an interdisciplinary geospatial data scientist. He has a PhD, LLM, MSc and BA. He has 10 years’ post-PhD experience originating data science concepts in the private sector as wells as leading on data science systems development at Johns Hopkins and within the U.S. Federal Government.

Non Executive Director

Lynne joined the GSI board in June 2017. With lengthy experience working and investing in early-stage technology companies, her professional background spans venture capital, private equity, institutional investment, energy sector investment, innovation, government relations and academia.

Financial Controller

Paul provides financial management, planning and operational controls to the business, based on his extensive professional experience as a Chartered Accountant specialising in early stage businesses.

Senior Research Consultant

Martin is an expert technical consultant in earth observation, optimising the performance of GSI’s algorithms for each contract and ensuring process efficiency. He brings experience of space, defence and government sectors.

Head of Forestry

Maurice is Head of Forestry & Business Development for the Americas, and is a BScF and MBA. He has extensive experience in strategic and operational forest management and has significant experience in GIS and third-party forest/environment stewardship standards.

Principal Remote Sensing Specialist

Stuart is responsible for bringing a unique insight into the best earth observation tools and datasets to enhance GSI’s product portfolio. With 18 years in the industry and a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences, Stuart will work closely with GSI’s sales team to ensure clients are provided with rapid and reliable analytics from satellite data.

Chief Engineer

Mark has over 20 years’ experience in software engineering, stretching from working in the field to leading multi-disciplinary teams in a market-focused environment. At GSI, Mark’s focus is to support the leadership team in driving the development of product strategy through the smart application of technologies and agile methodologies.

Senior Data Scientist

Alexey is our Senior Data Scientist and is one of our longest serving employees. With a BSc in Applied and Computational Mathematics and a Masters in High Performance Computing with Data Science, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the team.