Denise McKenzie

Biography

Driven by a passion for more equitable access and use of location data Denise takes pride in her work across data ethics, diversity, inclusion, and the geospatial profession. As Managing Partner - PLACE Trust, she is keen to expand the work of PLACE to ensure that high-resolution imagery is made accessible to governments and a broad range of trusted and responsible organisations throughout the world. She is a co-author of the Locus Charter, fellow of The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, a member of the Global Advisory Board at Location Based Marketing Association, an advisor for Women+ in Geospatial assisting in the partnerships program and Chair-Emeritus of the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) UK and remains on council leading ethics. Denise holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and Politics from Monash University in Australia and a Masters of Science in Sustainability from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.