Jenny Forster

Jennifer Forster

Head of BGS Business Development
BGS Keyworth
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Jenny Forster is Head of Business Development at British Geological Survey and leads a team responsible for bringing in commercial and research income and managing customer relationships. Jenny is part of the Senior Management Teams at BGS. Jenny is a qualified and experienced project manager with more than 20 years of experience at BGS and has been involved in development and use of BGS data and information products since she joined the organisation in 2003. Ms Forster has designed geoscience projects and worked with infrastructure and government clients around the world since 2003.

Jenny works with UK and international stakeholders from government ministries to major commercial consultants to build an understanding or their needs, matching those with the science expertise in BGS and designing programmes of work to answer our customers questions. She is knowledgeable on the breadth of science covered by BGS and works to ensure we sustain long lasting partnerships with our stakeholders.

Jenny Forster’s biography

  •  2004 to 2005: Nottingham Trent, Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing – Chartered Institute of Marketing
  •  1998 to 2002: University of Northumbria, BA Business Studies

Research interests

  • International and UK regional Geology
  • BGS data sets

Skills

  • Leadership and management
  • Project management
  • Commercial analysis
  • Setting up commercial and other funded projects
  • International development.
  • Research and Innovation grant development
  • A point of contact for further information and demonstration of our spatial data products (GIS based) and our 3D models and modelling capability

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