Robert Gavshon - Executive Chairman




Robert has been a significant shareholder in, and served as a director of a number of companies including Deputy Chairman of the Board of Barbeques Galore, Ltd. a NASDAQ listed company until its recent sale to a leading Australian private equity group.

Robert also served as a non-executive director and founder of Rebel Sport, the largest sporting goods retailer in Australia and New Zealand. Robert acted as group general counsel and director of corporate affairs for a multi-national corporation based in Sydney and was a partner in one of South Africa’s largest law firms.

Robert currently serves as Chairman of Chester Capital Australia. Robert has extensive community involvement, occupying leading positions in Australian community organisations, particularly in the education sector.


John Armstrong




John holds the position of Chief Financial Officer of SEEK. John has overall responsibility for all of SEEK's day-to-day business operations, ensuring the necessary operational and financial processes and infrastructure are in place and aligned with SEEK's strategies and continued rapid growth. He has responsibility for the financial, administration and customer service teams.

John has over 12 years experience in various financial and commercial management roles. Prior to SEEK, John worked with Ernst & Young, Blackwoods and Fosters Brewing Group. John has a Master of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Business majoring in Accounting from Monash University, and is a member of CPA Australia.


Andrew Bassat




Andrew is the Joint CEO and co-founder of SEEK and leads the Strategy and Business development team. He is responsible for overall strategic direction, progress of expansion opportunities, acquisitions, strategic alliances with key partners and online marketing. Andrew is also responsible for SEEK Learning.

Prior to co-founding 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 and prior to that worked as a solicitor 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.


Anthony Böhm




Anthony brings extensive experience in the private education sector having worked in senior executive positions in Australia and the UK.

Prior to joining Think: Education Group, Anthony was Vice President within Kaplan International - one of the world’s largest private education companies. Initially based in London, Anthony led the successful launch of Kaplan International Colleges in the UK. Anthony was also involved in the identification and analysis of investment opportunities for the company in Europe, Australia, China and India. In 2005, Anthony returned to Australia to spearhead Kaplan’s development activities in the region.

Priorto joining Kaplan, Anthony spent several years as a senior executivewith IDP Education Australia based in Sydney. IDP Education Australiais a world-leader in international student recruitment with operations in over 40 countries.


Michael Ilczynski




Michael is responsible for strategy & corporate development for SEEK in all areas related to Education & Training. Michael is responsible for developing the detailed strategy for SEEK Learning and for SEEK's investments into the Education industry, and for executing appropriate acquisition, investment and alliance opportunities. As part of this role, Michael is a Director of IDP Education Pty Ltd and Amadeus Education Pty Ltd.

Prior to working at SEEK, Michael has worked for McKinsey & Company, Tabcorp and the Collingwood Football Club. Michael also served in the Australian Army Ready Reserve as an infantry platoon commander and is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon. Michael holds Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from Melbourne University and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University


Milton Levine




Milton has served as Chairman and a director of a number of listed and unlisted companies in South Africa and the United Kingdom. In South Africa these include Chester Investment Holdings Limited, Chet Industries Limited and Anglo Cape Confirming Pty Limited.

Milton was previously Chairman of Reichmans Limited (Executive) and Brandcorp Holdings Limited (non Executive). In London, Milton is a director ofChesterfin Limited and Richmond Pharmacology Limited. He is an attorney by profession and has spent most of business career in trade finance and private equity.


Sam Linz




Sam is a qualified Chartered Accountant.  He commenced his career in South Africa through the development of a large retail liquor and hotel chain.  In 1982 Sam acquired control of Barbeques Galore and developed the company into 160 stores across Australia and the USA.  Barbeques Galore was listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and was subsequently sold in November 2005. Sam was also the founder and major shareholder of Rebel Sports which was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and later acquired by Harvey Norman.  Sam is a partner in the private investment firm LGL Capital.


Mark Rohald




Mark was previously an academic and lecturer in Economics at a leading University. He founded a number of private education institutions, and has served on the Board of no less than 18 education businesses.

Mark served as an Executive Director of Educor, a multinational education organization servicing 300,000 students on a daily basis. Educor was listed on the Johannesburg and Nasdaq stock exchanges, and Mark held the position of Head of Education for their global operations.

Whilst in the UK, Mark pioneered the concept of online international student recruitment. He has worked in an executive capacity in the education sector in South Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. His community involvement includes serving as a member of the board of a leading private Sydney school.

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