Dr James Bradfield Moody, General Manager, International Development, CSIRO

James Bradfield Moody is the General Manager, International Development for the CSIRO.  He is responsible for fostering CSIRO’s global development agenda, including access to overseas talent, creating research projects of international significance and helping Australia gain access to foreign knowledge, infrastructure and intellectual property.  Dr Moody was formerly the Director of Business Strategy at CSIRO Land and Water.

Dr Moody has worked with the United Nations Environment Programme and was selected by the World Economic Forum as one of their Young Global Leaders.  In 2000, he was named Young Professional Engineer of the Year and was also awarded Young Queenslander of the Year and the following year he was awarded Young Australian of the Year in Science and Technology.

Dr Moody was chosen by Engineers Australia to be one of the top 100 most influential engineers in Australia and in 2007 named by Boss Magazine as one of their young executives of the year.  Dr Moody received his PhD in innovation theory from the National Graduate School of Management and was also a chief systems engineer for FedSat, the first Australian Satellite to be launched in thirty years.