Craig Blair

Executive Director

At netus, Craig's role is to source investments and partnerships, and to establish and support the management teams within netus' investments. He is currently a Director of Tantalus Media (leading hand-held games publisher), Allure Media (publisher of professional niche blog sites), Buyster (network of ecommerce stores) and Switchwise (Utilities price comparison service for Australian consumers).

Craig has played key roles in investing in and operating early stage technology businesses in Australia and the UK. As part of the initial management team of the online travel company, Expedia Australia, Craig worked closely with the Managing Director to write the business plan, recruit the management team, and localise the platform.

As a Director of travelselect.com, one of the early online travel companies in the UK, Craig was responsible for leading the marketing and business development teams, raising Venture Capital and international expansion through joint ventures and acquisitions. In 2002, he led the sale of the business to lastminute.com in a transaction which generated substantial returns to founders and investors.

Craig has also worked as an Investment Banker at Macquarie Bank and has been a Management Consultant at Kalchas, a strategy consulting firm founded by partners from Bain and McKinsey & Company in London and New York.

Craig has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Business Administration from INSEAD, France.