Geoff Webb is a prominent data scientist and AI expert who has spent over 30 years revolutionizing the use of data science and AI in the business world. He is a distinguished Professor of Data Science at Monash University and the Research Director of the Monash Data Futures Institute. He has played a critical role in advancing the use of AI and data analytics in government and organizations for COVID-recovery, social good, and governance policy. His work has been widely applicable in medicine, biology, and geoscience, to manufacturing, and finance.

Webb is renowned for his innovative and useful machine learning algorithms that have proven useful in various fields of study. He has authored over 200 scientific papers and bagged numerous awards, including the inaugural Eureka Prize for Excellence in Data Science in 2017. He was the former editor-in-chief of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Editor of the Encyclopedia of Machine Learning, Program Committee Chair of two top data mining conferences, ACM SIGKDD, and IEEE ICDM, General Chair of ICDM, and a member of the ACM SIGKDD Executive.

During his free time, Webb is an ardent sailor and enjoys exploring the marvels of Australia's National Parks.