James Bradfield Moody

James Moody (1976-) is a general manager of International Development at the CSIRO [ [http://www.csiro.au/people/James.Moody.html Dr James Bradfield Moody: General Manager, International Development (Resume) ] ] . He frequently also uses his middle name, and is also known as James Bradfield Moody.

James sits on a number of company, association and advisory councils and boards, including the Brisbane Institute and the National Australia Day Council, the Bureau of Meteorology and Australian Bureau of Statistics. James was the managing director of Natural Resource Intelligence (NRI), a spacial information company [www.atse.org.au/uploads/Moody03.pdf] , and part of the Natural Intelligence (ASX: NAI) group. James resigned in 2003 amid controversy during NRI's collapse and wind down. NAI was reborn in 2004 as [http://www.commoditel.com.au Commoditel] (ASX: CMO), and again as ComTel (ASX: CMO) [ [http://www.asic.gov.au Australian Securities and Investments Commission ] ] .

In the early part of the decade, James Moody was involved with the United Nations, and from 2000 to 2002 was co-facilitator and Australian representative of the youth advisory council to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). He was also a founder and co-chair of the Space Generation Advisory Council in support of the UN Programme on Space Applications, a group of students and young space professionals who run programmes including the annual "Yuri's night" space party. James was also a member of the Science and Technology delegation to the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, was a member and executive secretary of the taskforce on Science and Technology for the Millennium Development Goals and was invited to attend the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader of Tomorrow in 2003.

In 2000, James was named Young Professional Engineer of the Year [ [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2000/140190.htm Science Show - 17 June 2000 - Young Engineer of the Year 2000 ] ] and in 2005 was named one of the 100 most influential engineers in Australia. While holding this title he promoted the engineering profession and his particular brand of ‘socially conscious engineering’. In 2000 James was also awarded Young Queenslander of the Year and in 2001 was a finalist in the Young Australian of the Year awards [ [http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/pages/page24.asp National Australia Day Council - Australian of the Year Award 2009 ] ] , in the Science and Technology category. He is also a panel member of the ABC Television show “The New Inventors” [ [http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/ New Inventors - ABC TV ] ] and is a member of the Federal Government’s National Environmental Education Council [ [http://www.environment.gov.au/education/neec/members.html Environmental Education - National Environmental Education Council - Council members and secretariat ] ] .

James is married to Geraldine Chin and lives in Sydney.

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