Dr Sanjay Mazumdar

Executive Director

Sanjay is a proven chief executive and board director who has over 30 years of experience in the defence, national security and ICT sectors.

Sanjay is the Executive Director (Chief Executive) of the Defence Trailblazer, a $240+ million enterprise comprising 90+ industry partners, the Adelaide University and UNSW, with funding from the Australian Government through the Trailblazer Universities Program.

Sanjay’s previous roles include:

• Partner and Chief Data Officer, KPMG Australia
• CEO, Data to Decisions (D2D) CRC and founding director of the D2D CRC’s spinout companies – Fivecast and NQRY
• CEO, Defence Systems Innovation Centre
• Engineering Director (a/g), BAE Systems Australia
• Head of Engineering Operations, BAE Systems Australia
• Operations Manager, Motorola
• Engineer, DSTO (now DSTG).

Sanjay has engineering, doctoral and management qualifications from the University of Adelaide. He is also a Fellow of Engineers Australia, a Chartered Professional Engineer and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.