SMEA, developed by CEO Dean Logan in 2009, quickly became one of the most progressive platforms in Australia for small and medium sized firms. Delivering a vast suite of specialised services to SMEs and being a preferred partner of the likes of the National Stock Exchange of Australia. SMEA had it’s own general and business insurance platform and was licensed with the Oracle Group, delivering savings on insurance premiums for SMEs to the tune of $11,700 over two-years on premium alone. In 2017, the decision was made to sell the insurance division and for SMEA to morph, as a brand, into an entirely new entity. Today SMEA reaches a conservative 15,000 SMEs and takes all that knowledge, experience and renewed vibrancy to deliver an unparalleled offering and voice to hard working Australian SMEs of any size. Some of the articles and news agencies who have asked us for support or information are below.

National Zoo & Aquarium / Jamala Wildlife Lodge

The National Zoo & Aquarium is a 19 hectare facility based in Canberra. Added to the zoo is the 5-star Jamala wildlife lodge comprising an African styled restaurant and 18 bungalows spread through the facility. These bungalows allow guests to stay overnight and immerse themselves alongside the likes of lions, tigers and giraffes. The Zoo is a complex organisation with a myriad of divisions - restaurants, veterinary, gift shops, maintenance, multiple membership layers and bistros. Our role was to reduce ballooning costs and develop new processes to ensure the operation was more efficient. Key to this were big ticket items like instilling purchasing disciplines across sectors, reduced electricity costs, water pollution, water loss and out of control water consumption expenses. We placed over 1500 products on the ORDERBOOM platform saving thousands of dollars. We hired ANU graduates to tackle water pollution and refined a raft of systems from merchandise to charity strategies. We also started the planning process and went to tender for a 500kW solar grid comprising both modulate ground based solar panels and associated car-park infrastructure. We admit we had a good crack at the Zoo but ultimately failed. Change management does not work when you have an intrenched management culture that refuses to support change and is impossible to crack. We chose to walk away from what was an amazing experience and organisation with an exceptional team of dedicated on-ground staff.

School Support Limited - New Zealand

In 2016 SMEA CEO Dean Logan was engaged as the CEO (Contract) for School Support Limited in New Zealand. For two years he rebuilt one of New Zealand’s most respected companies with the six divisions: Accounting | Project Management | Architectural Design | Payroll | Strategic Asset Management | Transport. SSL had a partnership with the NZ Government GBE EPL - between the pair they paid every NZ school teacher fortnightly whilst addressing kiwi saver, annual leave entitlements etc. SSL maintained the emergency services infrastructure contract for the entire South Island whilst delivering all public education transport. SSL also had over 400 accounting clients and project managed between 20-50M worth of projects daily. We successfully rebuilt SSL and handed the reins over to a new CEO.

NATURALISTE SKIN CLINIC (NSC)

SMEA is thrilled to have Naturaliste Skin Clinic (NSC) as a client. NSC is one of the largest and most respected players in their field through Western Australia. Established 12 years ago NSC has stand alone clinics in Bunbury and Busselton and a vast array of visiting clinics across WA. We are currently working with NSC to refine process with the potential of listing the company for sale in 2020.

AUSTRALIAN MOTOR ASSOCIATION(AMA)

SMEA is a principle partner of the AMA and has helped the organisation develop corporate structures and strategic plans. The AMA currently has one of the most progressive insurance policies on the market and as a result, has had hundreds of clubs and thousands of members join in just 12 months. SMEA also designs all of the AMAs forms, documents, strategic plans and risk management briefs for all relevant sectors and race formats from enduro, flat track, motocross through to large scale ride parks.

Grassroots enduro

Grassroots Enduro is owned by Greg Peterson and runs a variety of enduro race events across the country. Aimed at being family friendly whilst catering for elite riders Greg asked us in the early days to compile event based risk management plans. These plans were submitted to government and third party stakeholders and cover everything from fires through to helicopter medi-vacs.

australian risk policy institute

SMEA CEO Dean Logan is Vice Chair of ARPI. ARPI as convenor of the Global Risk Policy Network (GRPN) proudly announced recently a partnership with The Brenva Institute in the United States, a global think-tank focusing on strategic leadership. SMEA helps ARPI develop marketing material to expand the organisations foot-print as a trusted adviser globally.