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 Operating Officer

George is a international businessman with extensive senior management experience, most recently as COO of a major U.S.-based agricultural analytics software company. Prior to that, George spent 10 years as CEO of a major manufacturing company in the Middle East. He has extensive commercial experience in capital goods and FMCG businesses throughout the world.

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.

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.

Senior Sales Manager

Stuart is a geospatial and digital mapping industry specialist with decades of experience with complex graphical and non-graphical data workflows for national mapping and defence agencies. At GSI, Stuart is responsible for driving commercial activity and nurturing strategic alliances, all while providing valuable market-based feedback to the our product development team.

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.