Nick Giles is the Managing Director of Ordnance Survey Leisure Limited, part of Ordnance Survey, Great Britain's Mapping authority. He was previously Head of Sales and Marketing for RAC, and has also held roles in LV= (Liverpool Victoria), RSA Insurance Group and Mail Marketing International.
Nick Giles | |
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| Born | Nick Giles June 4, 1973 |
| Education | The Institute of Direct Marketing |
| Occupation | Managing Director of Ordnance Survey Leisure Ltd |
A regular representative of Ordnance Survey in the media, he has appeared in a number of interviews about the design of new map symbols by the public,[1] discussing the launch of a new app,[2] a national photography competition,[3] revised paper maps with digital downloads,[4] Open Data[5] and a map trade-in scheme.[6]
In 2018 he was also appointed to the board of the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA).[7], then appointed as Chair in 2022.[8][9]
In 2022, he was awarded an OBE as part of the New Years' Crown Honours Lists for services to the health of the nation.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "The One Show - 01/07/2015". BBC.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey joins the digital age with an app to take walkers from A-Z". Independent. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "In pictures: Ordnance Survey photo competition". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Webster, Paul. "Ordnance Survey set to 'give away' digital mapping". Walk Highlands. Walk Highlands. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Williams, Rhiannon (24 March 2015). "Ordnance Survey releases OpenMap mapping data". Telegraph. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Almost 5,000 maps handed in as Ordnance Survey trades old for new". Ramblers.org. Ramblers. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "New OIA Board Members Appointed". OIA. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "BOARD RE-SHUFFLE AT THE OIA 'NEW CHAIR APPOINTED'". OIA.
- ^ "Nick Giles is appointed as new chair of the OIA". Outdoor Insight.
- ^ Cabinet Office. "New Year's Honours List". gov.uk.
- ^ "Nick Giles awarded OBE in New Year's Honours List". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 11 November 2022.