Ordnance Survey New Finance Director

Ordnance Survey (United Kingdom) has appointed Mark Alexander as finance director. He will head the national mapping agency's finance, procurement and programme delivery teams.

Mark has over 20 years' experience in all aspects of financial management in both the private and public sectors, most recently with the construction group Bovis Lend Lease. He has also held senior roles at train operator Laing Rail and in the technology sector at science and engineering group AEA Technology.

Mr Alexander, 48, started his career in the Royal Navy and later trained as a chartered accountant with Binder Hamlyn, qualifying in 1988 and moving into the field of corporate finance. He is married with two children and lives in Oxfordshire.

Mr Alexander replaces Ordnance Survey's former Director of Finance Alastair Matthews, who recently moved to the post of Director of Finance and Investment with Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust.