Paul Moss Bassat

Paul Bassat co-founded SEEK in 1997 and served as Chief Executive Officer and then as joint Chief Executive Officer from 1997 until 2011.

In 1997, during the pioneering days of online business, Paul created the website SEEK with his brother Andrew and Mathew Rockman. Together they raised a small amount of initial capital and took on the newspaper companies at their own game. Against all the odds, SEEK managed to completely transform the landscape of employment advertising from print-dominated to online. SEEK became one of Australia’s most successful online businesses, becoming an ASX top 100 listed company. As well as Australia, SEEK operates in China, Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand and various markets through Southeast Asia.

In 2012, Paul co-founded Square Peg, which is a leading venture capital fund operating in Australia, Israel and Southeast Asia. Paul is an Australian Football League Commissioner and a director of the P&S Bassat Foundation. He served on the board of Wesfarmers from 2012-2018. 

Prior to SEEK, Paul commenced his career as a lawyer in 1991 and spent six years with the commercial law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler. He holds Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of Melbourne.