Thom is Key Biodiversity Areas Programme Officer with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Cambridge.
Previously Senior GIS Analyst with the RSPB, his current role involves managing projects which identify areas contributing significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity through the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) Programme. Thom is a Chartered Member of th Open Source Geospatial Foundation, Chair of the Cambridge Conservation GIS Group, a member of the BCRA Cave Surveying Group, Cave Biology Group and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).
Thom has coordinated GIS, field mapping and data management for several field research expeditions including to the forests of Madagascar, the Alpine caves of Austria and the deserts and mountains of Oman.
