Captain Martin Jones

Captain Jones has conducted military hydrographic surveys throughout many regions of the globe as an IHO Cat A and Charge qualified military hydrographer. He has commanded 3 ships; the 18m inshore survey vesse lHMS GLEANER, a Mine Countermeasures Vessel, HMS QUORN and finally the first of class survey vessel, HMS ECHO, commanding the project through build, trials and training to full operational status deployed East of Suez.  In his current assignment he is the the policy lead, the Defence Authority and Joint User for Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Capabilities additionally responsible for managing the pan defence requirement for defence Foundation Data from UKHO, UKMetO and the Defence Geographic &Aeronautical Information Centre. With this and more to his name, Captain Jones is an excellent choice for chairman of the standards and interoperability sessions at DGI in 2015.