Seek appoints CAR Group co-founder Greg Roebuck as chair-elect

The news: Seek has appointed Greg Roebuck as a non-executive director and chair-elect to succeed Graham Goldsmith who will retire from the board on 1 March 2026.

The context: Goldsmith has been a director at Seek for 13 years and chair for seven of those years.

Roebuck was the co-founder of CAR Group and has also been chair of Pentana Solutions and non-executive director at Walkinshaw Automotive Group. He will start in the non-executive director role on 1 January 2026.

What they said: “Seek is a company that I greatly admire in an industry where I believe I can contribute significant value. I am energised by Seek’s purpose and will be focused on the strategy to deliver for our customers and shareholders — growing placements and yield and creating operating leverage to continue to be a market leader,” Roebuck said.