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    Our Mission

    To democratise access to trusted environmental systems intelligence, ensuring organisations and communities have the same timely insights needed to make informed, impact-driven decisions for a more sustainable and equitable future.

    Core Team

    Our team comprises experienced and passionate people enabling cutting-edge solutions for monitoring natural ecosystems

    Paul Edmunds

    Paul Edmunds

    Founder & CEO

    With a Master's in Geographic Information Systems and over 20 years of experience, Paul is a seasoned technologist, earth scientist, and geospatial data professional who has founded two startups and delivered solutions for better water stewardship.

    Yunshi Liang

    Yunshi Liang

    GIS Environmental Data Analyst

    A recent graduate from an MSc in GIS and Remote Sensing, Yunshi brings strong background in GIS data management and supports Aquascope's water quality, data science and remote sensing integration workflows.

    Séamus O'Donnell

    Séamus O'Donnell

    Remote Sensing & GIS Specialist

    Originally from Ireland, grew up on the Pembrokeshire coastline in Wales. An undergraduate in Geology equipped with knowledge of geophysical processes, with postgraduate specialisation in spatial data studies and satellite optical imagery.

    Steve Groom

    Steve Groom

    Systems and Operations

    Worked for many years with large scale computer systems in multinational organisations, bringing a broad set of IT skills and experience to Aquascope to develop the IT strategy.

    Science, Technology and Commercial Advisory

    Prof. Paul Whitehead

    Prof. Paul Whitehead

    Chief Scientific Advisor

    Professor of Water Science at the University of Oxford, Senior Fellow at St Peter's College, and Managing Partner of Water Resource Associates. With over 40 years of experience leading major international research programmes, he is renowned for developing the INCA modelling framework and advancing water quality, catchment, and environmental systems science.

    Giulia Rancati

    Giulia Rancati

    Commercial & Partnerships

    Leads strategic partnerships and commercial growth at Aquascope, helping translate environmental intelligence into scalable commercial and impact opportunities. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in senior roles at Cisco, Motorola and Omdia (Informa), and advising organisations including Ericsson, PwC & BP Launchpad.

    Ed Parsons

    Ed Parsons

    Geospatial Technology Advisor

    Advisory on Geospatial Technology and Open Data Policy across both public and private sectors. Ed was Google's Geospatial Technologist, with responsibility for evangelising Google's mission to organise the world's information using Geography. In this role he maintained links with Governments, Universities, Research and Standards Organisations which were involved in the development of Geospatial Technology.

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