John Waldock

Jon served for 27 years in the Royal Air Force, initially as an Aerial Reconnaissance Photographer, then from 2001 as an Intelligence Analyst (Imagery) until retiring from the service in 2014. Serving in both the UK and abroad he deployed numerous times in support of operations to Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kosovo and Afghanistan amongst others. He graduated from Cranfield University in 2005 with a Masters Degree in Geographical Information Management. Since joining Defence Intelligence in 2014 he has taken roles in developing IMINT policy, professionalisation of the IMINT discipline and most recently GEOINT Analytic Modernisation. In this current role he is responsible for the coordination of UK efforts in developing capabilities for the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence in the areas of activity modelling (AM), structured observation management (SOM) and activity based intelligence (ABI). He sits as the UK Principal on several collaborative international groups with the focus on achieving greater interoperability of GEOINT data, policy, capabilities and analytical methods.