James Chin Moody

James Chin Moody is co-founder and CEO of Sendle. Sendle builds shipping that is good for the world. We help small business thrive by making package delivery simple, reliable and affordable and are the only 100% Carbon Neutral Delivery Service in Australia and the United States.

James is an experienced senior executive and board member. He was a member of the Executive team at Australia’s national research agency, CSIRO, for eight years with organisational-wide responsibility for business development, government relations, international development and strategic foresight. He was also the Chief Systems Engineer for FedSat, the first Australian satellite to be launched in 30 years.

James has served on Advisory Boards for companies such as Westpac Bank and General Electric and government boards such as the National Australia Day Council, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australia Indonesia Institute. He has also held roles as an Australian National Commissioner for UNESCO and a Trustee for the Australian Museum.

James is a recognised expert on innovation, sustainability and the circular economy. He is the co-author of “The Sixth Wave: How to Succeed in a Resource-Limited World” which was published in 2010 in English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese. For seven years, he was a regular panelist and judge on the ABC TV program “The New Inventors”. He has been a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Councils for over 10 years including as Co-Chair of the Global Future Council on Digital Economy and Society and Vice-Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Intellectual Property.

James has a PhD in innovation theory from the Australian National University. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering (University Medal) and Bachelor of Information Technology (First Class Honours) from the Queensland University of Technology and a Graduate Diploma in Accounting from Monash University. He has been named one of Australia’s Top 100 Most Influential Engineers (2005), a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum (2005), AFR Boss Magazine Young Executive of the Year (2007) and Young Australian of the Year in Science and Technology (2001).