Dr James Bradfield Moody, Executive Director, Development , CSIRO

James Bradfield Moody is Executive Director, Development at Australia’s national research agency, CSIRO. James also sits on the Advisory Council of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, is a board member of the Brisbane Institute in Queensland, an Australian national commissioner for UNESCO and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.

James has also worked with the United Nations Environment Programme, was Executive Secretary of the UN Taskforce on Science and Technology for the Millennium Development Goals and has held board positions with the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology and the National Australia Day Council.

James received his PhD in innovation theory from the Australian National University and was a chief systems engineer for the Australian Satellite FedSat. He is a regular panellist on the ABC television show ‘The New Inventors’ and lives in Sydney with his wife and son.