Professor Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse is recognised as a global leader in the spatial and space sector, who served on the steering committee of Australia’s Space+Spatial Roadmap 2030. Dr Zaffar advises governments on space and spatial investments and their utilisation. He has led several delegations to India to discuss collaboration on space and spatial opportunities. He has been recently appointed to the Program Board of the Group on Earth Observation (GEO), an intergovernmental body dedicated to co-producing user-driven Earth Intelligence solutions. Dr Zaffar is also Chair of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management – Private Sector Network. He is a Board Director at the Open Geospatial Consortium and the Vice President of the International Society for Digital Earth. He is the Director of Advisory and Innovation at Woolpert, based in Melbourne. Dr Zaffar holds professorial appointments at Anna University in Chennai, India and the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore, India. He has an Honorary Principal Fellow Appointment at the Department of Infrastructure, the University of Melbourne. He has been recognised for his service to space and spatial with the University of Melbourne with a Thornton Smith Medal, and Professional of the Year 2022 at the Oceania Spatial Excellence Awards conferred by the Geospatial Council of Australia. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, an Honorary Fellow of the Geospatial Council of Australia and a Senior Member of the IEEE Geospatial Remote Sensing Society.