Paul Bassat

Paul Bassat is a co-founder of Square Peg, which is a venture capital fund focused on investing in early stage technology companies in Australia, Israel and South East Asia. He is a director of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation and the P&S Bassat Foundation. He co-founded SEEK in 1997 and served as CEO and then joint CEO from 1997-2011 and served as a director of Wesfarmers from 2012-18. He started his career as a lawyer and practised for six years. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Melbourne. Appointed to the AFL Commission in 2012.