VP & Director-Geospatial Advisory & Innovation

Prof. Dr. Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse is an engineer and scientist, recognised as one of the global leaders in the Spatial and Space sector. He has held senior and executive roles in the Private Sector, Government, and Research sectors. He has over 25 years of experience, developing strategic plan for positioning networks including products; client management, strategic consulting studies, business development, project management, systems review and integration for the Utility Industry and Government, design, development and management of spatial databases, review data framework policies, develop spatial analyses techniques and technology including GIS applications development for major clients across the globe. Zaffar has published extensively in the field of Geomatics Engineering.

Zaffar is a recipient of: National Geospatial Professional Fellow (Overseas Citizen of India) 2025 conferred by IIT Bombay; ISDE Service Award 2025, conferred by the International Society for Digital Earth for International Leadership and promoting digital earth; Peter Woodgate, Special Award 2025 for leadership, mentoring and innovation; the Club Melbourne Ambassador Award, 2024; "Thornton-Smith Medal" awarded by the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia, for significant contribution to the surveying and spatial industry; "Professional of the Year 2022" APSEA- Oceania and APSEA-Victoria Recipient; Young Professional Award APSEA-Victoria, conferred by Geospatial Council of Australia formerly SSSI in 2011; He is also a recipient of the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information’s full Doctorate Scholarship. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Geospatial Council of Australia, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, UK and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.