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SEEK Board
Information on SEEK's directors including their experiences, Committee memberships and other directorships.
Graham Goldsmith AO
Chairman and Non-Executive DirectorDirector since October 2012 and Chairman from 1 January 2019. Graham retired in 2012 as Vice Chairman and a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Australia after 25 years with the firm (and its predecessors in Australia), spanning a number of different roles. Graham was also Chair of the Goldman Sachs Australia Foundation, the not for profit entity...
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Ian Narev
Managing Director and Chief Executive OfficerDirector since July 2021. Ian is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SEEK. He commenced both roles on 1 July 2021. Ian joined SEEK in April 2019 in the dual roles of Chief Operating Officer and CEO of Asia Pacific and Americas. Before joining SEEK Ian spent 11 years at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He was CBA’s Chief Executi...
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Andrew Bassat
Non-Executive DirectorDirector since September 1997. Andrew is the former CEO of SEEK Limited. He co-founded the company in 1997 and from its inception until stepping down as CEO on 30 June 2021 he was involved in all stages of the development of SEEK’s business. In particular, Andrew drove the strategy of SEEK and led the creation and development of the internation...
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Vanessa Wallace
Non-Executive DirectorDirector since March 2017. Vanessa Wallace has over 30 years’ business experience, starting with the investment bank Schroders, and then as a strategy management consultant with Booz & Company (now known as Strategy&). Her roles at Booz & Company included Executive Chairman of Booz & Company (Japan) Inc, Senior Partner and global board member, l...
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Michael Wachtel
Non-Executive DirectorDirector since September 2018. Michael Wachtel has considerable global business experience gained from advising multinational companies and involvement in numerous complex international transactions during his 35 year career in the professional services industry. He has extensive experience in organisational leadership, finance, risk management...
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Leigh Jasper
Non-Executive DirectorDirector since April 2019. Leigh co-founded and was the CEO of Aconex, the world’s most widely used internet collaboration platform for construction, infrastructure, and resources projects. Founded in 2000, Aconex listed on the ASX in 2014 and was subsequently acquired by Oracle in March 2018. As CEO, Leigh led Aconex’s global growth, expanding ...
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Linda Kristjanson AO
Non-Executive DirectorDirector since October 2020. Linda Kristjanson is a leading figure in the education sector with an academic career spanning four decades across Australia, Canada and the United States. Linda was Vice-Chancellor and President of Swinburne University of Technology from May 2011 until her retirement in August 2020. She is a Fellow of the Australia...
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Jamaludin Ibrahim
Non-Executive DirectorDirector since July 2023. Jamal is based in Kuala Lumpur and has more than 40 years’ experience in the South-East Asia region, including over 16 years in information technology, 23 years in telecommunications, and over four years’ experience as a non-executive director in several other industries. Jamal is currently Chairman of privately owned Q...
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Rachael Powell
Non-Executive DirectorDirector since February 2024. Rachael has extensive experience across multiple disciplines in technology, financial services and recruitment, including sales and marketing, customer experience and marketplaces, organisational culture and engagement, and the development of corporate environmental and social programs. Rachael was appointed CEO of ...
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