In 1997, during the pioneering days of online business, Andrew created the website SEEK with his brother Paul and friend Matt Rockman. Together they raised a small amount of 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 with a market capitalisation of $2 billion. It has expanded to the UK, China, Brazil, New Zealand and Malaysia.

Andrew was involved in all development stages of the SEEK business since its inception. He is a director of a number of the group’s fully-owned Australian subsidiaries as well as a director on the majority of  the group’s international investments and holding companies. Andrew is also a director of the charitable Shane Warne Foundation.

Until 1 July 2011 Andrew was joint CEO with his brother Paul Bassat, who stepped back from the day-to-day management of the company. Now Andrew is the sole CEO. From the early days Andrew has led SEEK’s Strategy and Business Development team.

Prior to SEEK, Andrew was a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, where he was involved in a wide range of strategic assignments for major Australian and international corporations. Earlier on in his career, Andrew worked as a lawyer at Corrs Chamber Westgarth.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree from the University of Melbourne, a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from Monash University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Melbourne Business School.

Achievements

1990  Began working as a lawyer

1997  Co-founded SEEK