Tony Surtees

Tony Surtees is the current Chairman at Lakeba Group Pty Ltd. Prior to this, they served as CP Ventures from January 2018 to February 2022, Chair of the Investment Committee. Surtees has also served as a Committee Member of the Data and Analytics Special Interest Group for the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) from May 2015 to November 2017. In this role, they supported and influenced Government and Businesses operating in Australia to maximise the use of data within their decision making processes at all levels with an organisation. Tony's three key focus areas were performance, conformance, and culture and business models. Prior to their work with the AIIA, Surtees co-founded and was a director at Zeetings from September 2013 to December 2018. Zeetings was acquired by Canva in 2018.

Tony Surtees has a Master of Science in Management from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing from UNSW, and an AICD DIPLOMA in Business Administration and Management from the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Tony is certified by the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Stanford Graduate School of Business.