Educated in Sydney, Australia, Graeme has lived in Southeast Asia during his business life and has been responsible for pioneering the development and managing international world-class mining, energy and infrastructure operations.

He is a recipient of the ASEAN Development and the Millennium 500 Awards in 1996 and 2000 respectively for his contribution to growing significant commercial operations in developing nations in Asia. Graeme is a humanitarian with interests in poverty alleviation and health improvement.

He has assisted the Ministry of Energy and Public Works in the development of energy in Mauritius and has invested in rice cultivation and mining in southern and eastern Africa over twenty years in addition to assisting company structuring to benefit from opportunities in Africa.