Humbulani Mudau

Chief Executive Officer, SANSA

Humbulani Mudau is Chief Executive Officer of SANSA, in the role since April 2023.

SANSA, the South African National Space Agency, runs the country's space science, Earth observation and space weather programmes. Mudau is its third CEO in 12 years, after Val Munsami resigned in February 2022.

Career before

  1. Acting research group leader and project manager, CSIR Natural Resources and Environment
  2. 2006-2009Deputy Director of Space Programmes, Department of Science and Innovation
  3. 2009-2010Director of Space Science and Technology, Department of Science and Innovation
  4. 2010-2012Senior Scientific Representative and Expert, Group on Earth Observations
  5. 2012-2023Chief Director of Space Science and Technology, Department of Science and Innovation

Education

Master's in Satellite Remote Sensing, University of Paris VI; BSc Honours in Environmental Management and Geospatial Sciences, University of Johannesburg; BSc in Biological Sciences, University of Venda

Sources

  1. spaceinafrica.com
  2. itweb.co.za

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