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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 Director

Director 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). Graham held a number of senior roles during his career with Goldman Sachs, predominantly advising listed company management team...

Ian Narev

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Director since July 2021. ⁠Ian is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SEEK. He commenced in 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 Execu...

Andrew Bassat

Non-Executive Director

Director 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 the SEEK Group and led the creation and development of the i...

Vanessa Wallace

Non-Executive Director

Director 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...

Michael Wachtel

Non-Executive Director

Director 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 and following that, in his role as a non-executive director. He has extensive exper...

Leigh Jasper

Non-Executive Director

Director 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...

Linda Kristjanson AO

Non-Executive Director

Director 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...

Jamaludin Ibrahim

Non-Executive Director

Director 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 and 23 years in telecommunications. Jamal is currently Chairman of government-owned Prasarana Malaysia Berhard, Malaysia’s public transport owner and operator. He is als...

Rachael Powell

Non-Executive Director

Director since February 2024. ⁠Rachael has deep experience in the areas of sales and marketing, customer experience and marketplaces, organisational culture and engagement, and the development of corporate environmental and social programs. Rachael’s executive leadership experience includes her most recent role as Xero Chief Customer Officer fro...

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