What is the British Geological Survey?
The British Geological Survey (BGS), a part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), is the
nation's principal supplier of objective, impartial and up-to-date geological expertise and information
for decision making for governmental, commercial and individual users.
The BGS carries out research in
strategically important areas including energy and natural resources, vulnerability to environmental
change and hazards, and earth system science, often in collaboration with the national and international
scientific academic community.
Prof John Ludden
Director
Before taking the post of Executive Director at the BGS, John was Director of the Earth Sciences Division at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He has also served as Director of Research for the CNRS in Nancy, France. (more)
Prof Denis Peach
Chief Scientist
Before his appointment as Chief Scientist, Denis spent over nine years as the Manager of the BGS Groundwater Programme, based at Wallingford. He is a hydrogeologist with very broad interests in the area of environment geoscience. (more)
Dr Mike Patterson
Director of Corporate Strategy
Dr Mike Patterson joined BGS as Director of Corporate Strategy on 1 April 2011. Mike comes with a variety of skills in business and operations at a senior level and at the same time understands the environmental sciences sector.
(more)
Objective
The Senior Leadership Team (SLT) develops and implements the BGS strategy. It monitors the performance of the organisation against its short and medium term goals.
Membership
The SLT comprises eight members: the Executive Director, Chief Scientist, Director of Corporate Strategy, Director of Geoscience Survey & Monitoring, Director of Geoscience Research, Director of Geoscience Information & Knowledge Exchange, Director of Science Facilities, and Director of Resources & Operations.
Executive
The Executive Director, the Chief Scientist and the Director of Corporate Strategy comprise an Executive within the SLT.
Frequency of Meetings The SLT meets formally at least six times per year, to coordinate, report, review and advise on the activities of BGS. These meetings are minuted. The SLT is supported by the SLT Coordination Unit.
From 2001, Andy managed the SIGMA project, to develop and deploy digital mapping systems in BGS survey programmes. Since 2005, he has managed the National Geoscience Framework, a programme to implement a national, digital 3D knowledge base of the United Kingdom. (more)
- Geology & Landscape England (Jon Ford)
- Chief Geologist Scotland
- Chief Geologist Wales
- National Geological Model
See also
OverviewNERC - Earth system science
Dr Martin Smith - Staff profile
- Energy and Minerals
- Environment and Hazards
- Geology and Landscape, Northern Ireland
- Information Delivery and Licensing
See also
OverviewNERC - Earth system science
- Geochemical baselines & medical geology
- Geotechnical and geophysical properties and processes
- Shallow geohazards and risks
- Urban geoscience
See also
OverviewNERC - Sustainable use of natural resources
- Continental Margins
- Marine Geohazards & Geotechnology
- Marine Geology
- Regional Hydrocarbon Prospectivity
See also
OverviewNERC - Earth system science
- Earthquake Seismology
- Geomagnetism
- Volcanology
See also
OverviewNERC - Natural hazards
Dr David Kerridge - Staff profile
David was appointed Director of Geoscience Research on 1 April 2011 after three years as Head of the Earth Hazards and Systems science theme with responsibility for the Earthquake Seismology, Geomagnetism and Volcanology teams. (more)
- Coastal & Fluvial Environmental Change
- Paleoclimate & Paleoenvironment
- Soils Landscape & Climate Processes
See also
OverviewNERC - Climate System
Prof Mike Ellis - Staff profile
- Advanced Seismic Techniques
- CO2 Storage
- Renewables & Energy Security
See also
OverviewNERC - Sustainable use of natural resources
Prof Mike Stephenson - Staff profile
- Groundwater Processes
- Groundwater Protection
- Groundwater Systems
See also
OverviewNERC - Sustainable use of natural resources
Dr Robert Ward - Staff profile
- Mineral Resources & Policy
- Minerals Sustainability
- Radioactive Waste
See also
OverviewNERC - Sustainable use of natural resources
Andrew Bloodworth - Staff profile
- Earth & Planetary Observation & Monitoring
- Geological Modelling Systems
- Geophysical Tomography
- Mathematical Modelling
See also
OverviewNERC - Earth system science
Randy has juggled scientific and managerial leadership for the past 25 years, first in Canada with the Geological Survey of Canada, and since 1996 in the UK as Professor of Isotope Geology at the University of Leicester and as Head of NERC's Isotope Geoscience Laboratory at the BGS. (more)
- Centre of Excellence National GeoEnvironmental Laboratories
- Centre of Excellence Physical Properties and Processes
See also
Overview- Fluid processes research
- Physical properoties
- Mineralogy, petrology and biostratigraphy
- Analytical geochemistry
- Business assurance
See also
Overview 
Richard was appointed Director of Geoscience Information and Knowledge Exchange in November 2007 after a period as Head of the BGS's Information Delivery programme, with responsibility for knowledge transfer and the exploitation of the BGS's digital data assets. (more)
- Communications
- Information Services
- Web Systems
See also
OverviewDr Keith Westhead - Staff profile
- Collections Management
- Database Solutions
- Information Management Focus & Operations
- OneGeology
- Records Management
See also
OverviewJeremy Giles - Staff profile
- Baseline Products
- Data Capture and Best Practice
- Derived Products
See also
OverviewMatt Harrison - Staff profile
Dr Mike Patterson
Dr Mike Patterson joined BGS as Director of Corporate Strategy on 1 April 2011. Mike comes with a variety of skills in business and operations at a senior level and at the same time understands the environmental sciences sector through his involvement with Golder Associates. (more)
John rejoined BGS as Director of Administration in 2008. He has undertaken a number of NERC-wide corporate roles in recent years including chairing the Engineering and Technical Merit Promotion Panel and as Senior Responsible Officer for the NERC Resource Management Software project in Swindon, POL and CEH. (more)
