Andrew Craissati

Who is Andrew Craissati?

Andrew Charles Craissati was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group across the Asia Pacific region, 2000–2004. During this time, he served as a director of numerous Virgin companies, such as Virgin Radio Asia, Virgin Mobile Asia, Virgin Mobile Australia. Through his regional oversight, he also had involvement in Virgin Cinemas Japan, Virgin Money, Virgin Megastores, Virgin Blue, Virgin Active, Virgin Cosmetics, Virgin Drinks and other regional initiatives. He developed and managed a China-focused telecom investment joint venture with Japan's NTT DoCoMo. In addition, he successfully raised more than $500m of external financing and led over $1.5bn of transactions for the Group.

Andrew currently advises and invests in the media, leisure and technology sectors. He is currently focused on building an investment platform for his pursuits within the protection of and value maximization of all forms of intellectual property.

From 2004–2011, he has been Chief Executive of Transpac Media Ltd, a boutique investment banking firm, specializing in the global media and leisure industries. Clients have been diversely located in India, China, the USA and the UK and covering industry sectors such as 3D technologies, anti-piracy systems, recorded music, music publishing, broadcasting, software, games, filmed entertainment, advertising and a range of "new media" and internet initiatives. In 2007, he published the first ever comprehensive guide to and profile of all 110 media companies then listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market.