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Fennar Ralston is a Principal Consultant at NGIS, part of CLS Group, where he helps governments and businesses across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas put satellite Earth observation, mapping and mobility data to work. He works closely with Google and Planet Labs.

Fennar Ralston is a Principal Consultant at NGIS, part of CLS Group, where he helps governments and businesses across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas put satellite Earth observation, mapping and mobility data to work. He works closely with Google and Planet Labs.

He is also Director of FJRResearch, a Bristol-based research company covering the UK space sector, space policy and the geopolitics of space. His research combines open data with fieldwork and direct conversations with people across government and industry. In 2026 he attended the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna.

He can comment on: UK and international space policy; the geopolitics of space; space infrastructure and the commercial space industry; Earth observation and satellite imagery; climate and environmental monitoring from space; transport, traffic and mobility data; smart cities; AI and technology, including how AI is being applied to geospatial data; and geopolitics.