Experience, Vision  & Expertise

We’d like to think our clients love us because of our good looks and sparkling personalities. But the truth probably has a lot more to do with the knowledge and expertise behind those winning smiles!

Meet our brainbox management team.

Craig Allen
Executive Chairman and Founder

Craig founded Offis Pty Ltd in 1997 with a vision to build a secure Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure and Operational Services for Australian companies. His background includes working for IBM Australia, USA and Asia in a variety of technical, product management and marketing roles culminating on working on the Atlanta, Nagano and Sydney Olympics. Prior to IBM he worked in the EDP Department of Wardley Australia (now HSBC Bank Australia) and leading IT publishing firm, IDG Communications.

Craig holds a BSc (Computer Science) and has completed Business Administration studies run by the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia and Innovative Technology Leadership courses at Stanford University. Watch Craig's interview on YouTube

Craig Gribble
Non-Executive Director - M&A

Craig co-founded Allen Partners in 2009 and has over 20 years’ experience in capital advisory, private equity investing and investment banking in Australia, New Zealand and North America. Prior to Allen Partners, Craig was a Senior Principal with Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, the private equity investing arm of Merrill Lynch & Co., with equity investments globally of more than US$5 billion. In this capacity, Craig was responsible for the origination and execution of late stage buy-out transactions and was a board director of portfolio company Veda Advantage, the credit bureau of Australia and New Zealand, which was acquired in 2007 for A$1 billion. Craig was a member of the MLGPE global investment committee and Asia-Pacific sub-committee.

Sean Wong
Non-Executive Director

Sean brings 25 years of experience in the project focused industries of Construction, Engineering and IT. He is well practiced and with unique skills to survey, identify and execute strategy he is able to manage complex projects and mitigate risk. Forging enduring alliances at multiple levels from C-Suite to operations is supported by experience with a range of commercial structures. Negotiating and implementing partnering contracts combines with his ability to lead successfully across divergent business models. International experience in APAC - HK and Singapore provides a regional framework for action.

Studying: Masters of Industrial Property at University of Technology, Sydney with a focus on the US Australian Free Trade Agreement impacts.

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