Dr Katie Dawson is a Chartered GIS Professional and Technical Director of EcoSpatial Solutions Ltd, an environmental geospatial consultancy specialising in Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), data standards, and spatial governance. She is the author of the FRIDAS® data quality standard for BNG GIS datasets and co-founder of the BNG Spatial Insights Group. She has delivered major spatial programmes across public and private sector bodies and is an Esri UK contractor with extensive experience in ArcGIS systems, environmental data workflows and spatial policy implementation.