Professor Russell Boyce holds the position of Chair for Intelligent Space Systems and Director of UNSW Canberra Space - Australia’s largest and leading space mission, research and education team. On the one hand, he has built and led teams pursuing game changing technologies across a three-decade career, firstly in hypersonics and scramjets, and now in the development of artificial-intelligence-enabled space systems. He played a significant role in the establishment of the Australian Space Agency, and is Australia’s only living Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. On the other hand, he is a graduate of INSEAD’s flagship Advanced Management Program and of the AICD, and is passionate about the art of strategic yet personal leadership in an increasingly complex world.