Ian Spencer has been Director of the Defence Geographic Centre (DGC) since 2015 (a unit within the UK Ministry of Defence Cyber and Specialist Operations Command). Ian leads the acquisition, production assurance and delivery of all multi-domain Foundation Geospatial data and products for UK MOD. Ian is also the MOD Departmental Head of Profession for the UK's Government Geography Profession. A geography and defence professional for over 35 years, Ian's expertise and experience is demonstrated as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Chartered Geographer (Analysis Function), a Chartered Manager, and a distinction graduate of the MBA programme at Imperial College London.