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Paul Bassat is a prominent entrepreneur and investor based in the Greater Melbourne Area, Australia. He is the Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of AMPLIFY, a role he has held since October 2023. Paul is also a Co-founder of Square Peg, a venture capital firm he helped establish in April 2012. His extensive experience includes serving as a Commissioner for the Australian Football League since February 2012 and holding board positions at various companies such as Airwallex, Rokt, Constantinople, Athena Home Loans, Deputy, retrain.ai, HealthMatch, UpGuard, and Zeller. Previously, he was a Non-Executive Director at Wesfarmers and a Co-founder and Joint CEO of SEEK. Paul holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) from the University of Melbourne.

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