Craig Astill
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer at Caason Group
Craig Astill is an investment expert, project developer, and entrepreneur who founded the Caason Group in 1999 to pursue interests in international trade and finance. Craig has over 30 years of corporate experience and has engaged in leadership roles in several ASX listings, takeovers, and placements during his career.
Even from a very young age, Craig had an enthusiasm for travel and an interest in facilitating partnerships for the benefit of trade, which led him to pursue formal education in the area of international trade.
His passion is to facilitate partnerships and his own direct and indirect investments to support the growth of emerging companies all across the globe. Craig is a blue-sky thinker and technology early adopter, going against the grain and seeking new and innovative ways to work around tough projects.
Craig serves as a Managing Director at Aileron Pastoral Holdings, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caason Group with the vision of a commitment to supplying quality, nutritious, Central Australian beef to meet long-term local and international demand.
He is also a Managing Director at Ti Tree Food & Fodder, a company with a focus on harvesting hay and supporting the emerging industrial hemp sector located in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Craig’s roles include:
- Managing Director and CEO at Caason Group: http://www.caason.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/caason-group/
- Managing Director at Aileron Pastoral Holdings: http://aileronpastoral.com.au/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aileron-pastoral-holdings/
- Managing Director at Ti Tree Food & Fodder: https://ttff.com.au
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ti-tree-food-fodder/
- Executive Director at Future Energy Investments: https://feinvestments.com.au/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-energy-investments/
- Strategic Advisor at MOVOX: http://www.movox.com.au/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/movox-pty-ltd/
- Managing Director at HRCM – Hydrogen Ready Carbon Mining: http://hardrockcoal.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hydrogen-ready-carbon-mining/
- Advisory Board Member at Truly Green Plastic: https://trulygreenplastic.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trulygreenplastic/
- Advisory Board Member at Cambodian Buddhism Association for Vulnerable Children: http://www.cbavc.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cambodian-buddhism-association-for-vulnerable-children/
- Craig’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigastill/?originalSubdomain=au
Craig Astill is a member of the Global Investment Leaders Club: “So, certainly this forum has been terrific to network with a number of interesting people that has helped us commercialize some of the technologies that we have invested into. That’s where I’ve seen the opportunity with the Club to genuinely present terrific networking opportunities on a global scale.”