Peter Woodgate
In June 2003, Peter was appointed to the position of CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI). He lead the rebid that has seen the CRCSI successfully refunded from January 2010 for a further eight and half years. Peter has over 20 years’ professional and academic experience in a range of disciplines spanning the pure and life sciences, engineering, business, public policy and administration. These contributions have driven significant changes in land allocation, landscape management and resource policy at the commonwealth, state and territory level and have influenced government training, education and R&D investments in spatial technologies and in sustainable resource management.
Peter was previously CEO of RMIT’s Geospatial Science Initiative. During this period he was responsible for a number developments that included helping establish RMIT University’s first spin off company, Spatial Vision Innovations Pty Ltd; the creation of the Risk and Community Safety Research Centre in partnership with Emergency Management Australia and the Australian National University; and the establishment of RMIT's Global Sustainability Institute.
Peter is currently the Deputy Chair of the Cooperative Research Centres Association of Australia, a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Digital Earth, Director of the Terrestrial Research Network; a foundation member and Chairman of the Research Committee of UNESCO’s Mornington Peninsula and Westernport Biosphere Reserve; and a former member of the Sustainability Council of Victorian Association of Forest Industries.
He has a Doctorate in Business Administration from RMIT University, a Master of Applied Science from the University of New South Wales and a Degree in Forest Science from the University of Melbourne.
