Prof. Trevor S. Bird is Principal of Antengenuity. He gained a PhD in engineering from the University of Melbourne in 1977. Afterwards he worked in the UK and at James Cook University of North Queensland from 1978 to 1983. He joined CSIRO in 1984 and held several positions in CSIRO and was Chief Scientist from 2004 to 2011, created a CSIRO Fellow in 2007, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) from 2016 to 2024. As well as ATSE, he is a Life Fellow of IEEE, IET Fellow, Fellow of RS of NSW, and Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. He received a Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in telecommunications, and has been awarded three CSIRO Medals, and the IEEE Third Millennium Medal. He was named 2003 Professional Engineer of the Year by the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia, in 2012 he was awarded the M.A. Sargeant Medal from Engineers Australia for achievement in the field of electrical engineering, and he received the James R. James Lifetime Achievement Award of the IET in 2016 for outstanding contributions to the field of Antennas and Propagation.

Trevor Bird is an internationally recognised expert on mutual coupling in antenna arrays and his work has been instrumental in ensuring that many satellites met the demanding shaped beam specifications.

He developed a practical multibeam earth station, designed multibeam feed arrays for the Parkes and Lovell radio telescopes and developed fundamental studies that improved the performance of dual-offset reflector antennas.

Acknowledged as someone who can develop the theory and ensure it is put into practice Dr Bird established the CSIRO's Electromagnetics and Antennas Program. He has proved a most effective ambassador for this Australian led branch of science and engineering.