United by Geospatial Passion

A Global Network of Innovators fostering Geospatial Solutions and Impactful Change

PATRONS

CHAIR

Jack Dangermond

Founder & President

Esri

VICE CHAIR

Alain De Taeye

Member of Management Board

TomTom

Theo Agelopoulos

Senior Director, Business Strategy & Marketing

Autodesk

Francois Martin

Vice General Manager - International Division

CHC Navigation

Hasan Al Hosani

Managing Director

Space 42

Francois Valois

SVP, Open Applications

Bentley Systems

Leonard Sands

Global Director, Land

Fugro

Eva Carranza

ESG & Sustainability Global Director

Hexagon Geosystems

Rajesh Alla

Chairman & Managing Director

IIC Technologies Ltd

Dr. Minda Suchan,

VP Geointelligence

MDA

Dr. Siva Ravada

Vice President of Development

Oracle Corporation

Ronald Bisio

Senior Vice President

Trimble

Amar Nayegandhi

Global Head of Technology and Innovation

Woolpert

WGIC BOARD

PRESIDENT

Zubran Solaiman

Director of Product Strategy & Innovation (Energy Utilities)

Bentley Systems

SECRETARY GENERAL

Marius Swanepoel

Director of Geospatial Engineering

TOMTOM

TREASURER

Matthew Pennells

Director for Global Community Engagement

Esri

MEMBER

Eric DesRoche

Sr. Manager Infrastructure Strategy, AEC Design

Autodesk

Francois Martin

Vice General Manager - International Division

CHC Navigation

Zubran Solaiman

Director of Product Strategy & Innovation (Energy Utilities)

Bentley Systems

Dean Angelides

Corporate Director, International Operations

Esri

Matthew Pennells

Director for Global Community Engagement

Esri

Leonard Sands

Global Director, Land

Fugro

Stephanie Michaud

Director of Product Management, Field Software

Trimble

Steven Sawdon

Managing & Operations Director

IIC Technologies Europe

Kathleen Martin

Geospatial Services and Data Analytics Practice Lead

MBS

John Bowers

Head Geointelligence New Business

MDA

Jae-Pil Park

Chief Executive Officer

Naraspace

Dr. Siva Ravada

Vice President of Development

Oracle Corporation

James Van Rens

Senior Vice President

RIEGL International

Dr. Prashanth Marpu

VP R&D

Space 42

Will Cadell

Founder & CEO

SparkGeo

Willy Govender

CEO

Vastpoint

Marius Swanepoel

Director of Geospatial Engineering

TomTom

Daniel Kruimel

Director of Sales - Geospatial

Woolpert

John Fraser

Global Head of Sales, Geomatics Division

Hexagon Infrastructure & Geospatial

STATUTORY DIRECTORS

Arnout Desmet

John Renard

Airedale Advisory Limited

Ken Mooyman

EVP

Hexagon Geosystems

COMMITTEES

Data

chair

John Renard

Airedale Advisory Limited

Dr. Ramesh Kajrolkar

COO & Chief of International Partnerships

AI-InfraSolutions

Deniz Karagulle

Global Community Engagement Technical Lead

Esri

Arjen Crince

Technical Director

iSpatial Techno Solutions (IST)

Ryan Burley

Director of Sales and Business Development - North America

GeoSolutions

Rachel Tidmarsh

Chief Executive Officer, Bluesky

Woolpert

Guillermo Gutiérrez

Geospatial Technical Manager

IIC Technologies Europe

Steven Sawdon

Managing & Operations Director

IIC Technologies Europe

Kathleen Martin

Geospatial Services and Data Analytics Practice Lead

MBS

John Bowers

Head Geointelligence New Business

MDA

Kevin Pomfret

Partner

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Willy Govender

CEO

Vastpoint

James Van Rens

Senior Vice President

RIEGL International

James Banting

VP Research and Strategic Projects

Sparkgeo

Philip Chisholm

Manager Software Engineering

TomTom

Chantal Jorawsky

Product Marketing Manager, Geospatial

Trimble

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

chair

Valrie Grant

Caribbean Lead - Climate & Nature

Fugro

Phil Cooper

Geospatial Tech Business Development, World Wide Public Sector

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Andres Abeyta

Executive Director

Bootcamp GIS

Menghestab Haile

Regional Director

GeoSaS

Eva Carranza

ESG & Sustainability Global Director

Hexagon Geosystems

FINANCE, AUDIT & RISK

chair

Matthew Pennells

Director for Global Community Engagement

Esri

James Van Rens

Senior Vice President

RIEGL International

Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse

Vice President and Director Advisory & Innovation

Woolpert

INDUSTRY / ACADEMIA

chair

Dr. Siva Ravada

Vice President of Development

Oracle Corporation

Dr. Nikolas Smilovsky

Geospatial Solutions Director

Bad Elf, LLC

Andres Abeyta

Executive Director

Bootcamp GIS

Dr Bushra Zaman

Chief AI Officer

Deepspatial.ai

Prof Michael Gould

Global Education Manager

Esri

Valrie Grant

Caribbean Lead - Climate & Nature

Fugro

Vattem Narendra Babu

CEO

iSpatial Techno Solutions

Anthony Paturzo

Segment Manager – Survey Ground US/CAN

Leica Geosystens Inc.

Stephanie Michaud

Director of Product Management, Field Software

Trimble

Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse

Vice President and Director Advisory & Innovation

Woolpert

Partnerships & Industry Engagement

chair

Patricia Cummens

Government Policy & Strategy

ESRI

Jonn Hicks

Head of Geomatics Sales Unit - EMEA

Topcon Positioning Systems

Phil Cooper

Geospatial Tech Business Development, World Wide Public Sector

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Francois Martin

Vice General Manager – International Division

CHC Navigation

Remko Lugten

CCO

AI-Infrasolutions

Eric DesRoche

Sr. Manager Infrastructure Strategy, AEC Design

Autodesk

Larry Fox

VP Marketing and Business Development

Bad Elf, LLC

Louis-martin Losier

Product Manager

Bentley Systems

Darlene Magold

Chief Executive Officer

Etch, LTD

Rodrigo Fernandes

Director of ES(D)G

Bentley Systems

Richard Budden

International Cities and Local Government Lead

Esri

Leonard Sands

Global Director, Land

Fugro

Menghestab Haile

Regional Director

GeoSaS

Valrie Grant

Caribbean Lead - Climate & Nature

Fugro

Guillermo Gutierrez

Geospatial Technical Manager

IIC Technologies

John Bowers

Head Geointelligence New Business

MDA

Hervé Clauss

Director MAPS Global Sourcing

TomTom

Policy Development & Advocacy

chair

Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-ghouse

Vice President and Director Advisory & Innovation

Woolpert

Matthew Pennells

Director for Global Community Engagement

Esri

Darlene Magold

Chief Executive Officer

Etch, LTD

Hans Viehmann

Director of Product Management

Oracle

Kevin Pomfret

Partner

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

James Van Rens

Senior Vice President

RIEGL International

Frans Keijzer

Sr. Solution Engineer

TomTom

Marius Swanepoel

Director of Geospatial Engineering

TomTom

Project Funding & Sustainability

chair

Willy Govender

CEO

Vastpoint

Andrew Coote

Owner & CEO

ConsultingWhere

Matthew Pennells

Director for Global Community Engagement

Esri

Menghestab Haile

Regional Director

GeoSaS

Chris Tanner

Director

Woolpert

Vattem Narendra Babu

CEO

iSpatial Techno Solutions

Kathleen Martin

Geospatial Services and Data Analytics Practice Lead

MBS

Sr. Advisors

Sr. Advisor Membership

Dean Angelides

Corporate Director, International Operations

Esri

Sr. Advisor Membership

Matthew Pennells

Director for Global Community Engagement

Esri

UN Engagement

Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-ghouse

Vice President and Director Advisory & Innovation

Woolpert

SECRETARIAT

Aaron Addison

Executive Director

Helen Gilmartin

Associate Director

Kuhelee Chandel

Associate Director – Research

Aarti Iyer

Executive Assistant

Bhanu Rekha

Communication Strategist

John Renard

Advisor - Data & Admin

Nadine Alameh

Advisor – Partnerships and Industry Engagement

Kevin Pomfret

Advisor - Policy & Data

Andre Head

IT Consultant

Margarita Dadyan

Digital Marketing Specialist

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