ESRI (UK) appoints Non-Executive Director

06 September 2007, 5:46pm

Brigadier Nick Rigby (Retired) joins leading provider of enterprise GIS


ESRI (UK), the leading provider of enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software and services, has appointed Brig (Retd) Nick Rigby as a Non-Executive Director.

Previous to joining ESRI, Nick held the rank of Brigadier with the Corps of Royal Engineers and was the Director of Intelligence, Collection Strategy and Plans for the Ministry of Defence. In this role he was the most senior officer responsible for GIS and GI within the MOD, leading a 90-strong team of both civil service and tri-service military personnel.

Nick managed an annual budget in excess of £110 million. Some of his key achievements in this role were:

- Harmonising and merging geospatial information products, data and services from Navy, Army and Air Force with the intelligence disciplines, providing a ‘one stop shop’ for Defence.

- Developing and implementing a Geospatial Information Strategy across Defence

- Introducing information standards and formats across Defence and other Government Departments to improve the exchange of geographic information. Nick was also the Chairman of a working group of 26 nations that was responsible for this on an international level.

Nick is also a member of the UK National Geographic Information Panel that formulates and advises Ministers across Government on geographic matters.

In his role as Non-Executive Director, Nick will sit on the Board of Directors of ESRI (UK) but will not have operational responsibilities. His role will be to engage with ESRI (UK) customers, potential customers and key business partners at a senior level to gain a thorough understanding of their businesses and use this knowledge to advise the business development efforts in these markets.

Richard Waite, Managing Director of ESRI (UK) said:

“Having a Non-Executive Director is something new for ESRI (UK) and is in keeping with my plans for ESRI (UK) to become more professional in everything we do, providing the best possible service to our customers. Nick’s knowledge, understanding and experience of the Defence and Intelligence and wider Central Government markets will be invaluable.”

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