Mr Andrew Richman CGeog (EO)

Biography

Andrew Richman is a Remote Sensing specialist and team leader at the Environment Agency, managing GIS and Earth Observation professionals. With a BSc in Geography and an MSc in Applied Remote Sensing, he has over 30 years’ experience in operational EO and GIS projects across government and industry. He represents the EA at the DEFRA EO Centre of Excellence, chairing working groups and panels promoting EO innovation. Andrew led the set-up of drone operations within the EA since 2017, including incident response. He previously managed EU-funded EO projects and is a Disaster Charter project manager. He is currently project exec for the transition of his team’s cloud-based spatial data processing. Andrew is a member of the Government in Geography Profession.