We innovate for one reason. So you can.
Knightcorp is redefining insurance with innovation, expertise, and global reach. We’re reshaping business insurance for businesses that reshape the world.
Countries and growing
claims finalisation
employee satisfaction
industries served
years of service
The values that guide our commitment to serving clients with integrity, expertise, and dedication
Leave no stone unturned
When it comes to serving our clients, we're relentlessly pushing to improve outcomes. We always go all-in.
Embrace authenticity
We’re about helping people benefit from insurance. To provide the best experience for them, we keep communication open and expectations clear—within our team and our client relationships.
Always deliver
We stick to our word and deliver on our promises. Business is full of uncertainty, so we’re a reliable constant in clients’ lives. As a forerunner, we hold ourselves accountable to ourselves and our clients.
Do things our way
We're Australia’s forerunners in business insurance, so we embrace unconventional thinking. Complex risks require creative solutions, so we always interrogate problems from every angle.
Guided by experience. Driven by imagination.
Executive
Wayde Knight
Managing Director & Founder
Trent Brown
Chief Executive Officer
Broking Leadership
Huw Thomas
Head of Broking
Maxine Baker
Broker Operations Manager
Damian Morrison
Business Manager
Grant Newton
Head of Business Development
Nikita Willis
Commercial Manager
Andrew Dawson
Head of Enterprise and Specialty
Craig Anderson
Corporate Manager
Claims Leadership
Sean D’Cruz
Head of Mid-Market and Claims
Kristie Scala
Claims Manager – General Insurance
Business Services
Lutz Poelchow
Financial Controller
Julie Bye
People & Culture Business Partner
Jessica de Rooy
Senior Marketing Manager
Our Presence
With extensive knowledge and relationships in the global insurance market, we service organisations across a broad range of industries and geographies.
- Our offices
- Perth
- Sydney
- Adelaide
- Servicing clients in
- Africa
- Austria
- Australia
- Canada
- China
- Christmas Island
- Czech Republic
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- India
- Malaysia
- New Zealand
- Philippines
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Spain
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States
Giving Back
Committed to Community
We’re passionate about giving back and partnering with charities and programs that uplift communities and create lasting impact.
Who we partner with:
Insights
The optimism that gets you funded - and quietly gets you exposed
Optimism is the founder’s unfair advantage. It’s what convinces investors to back an idea before it’s proven. It’s what keeps teams moving when the numbers wobble. It’s what turns ambition into momentum. Without optimism, most great companies simply wouldn’t exist. But as businesses scale, particularly VC‑ and PE‑backed ones, that same instinct can quietly turn into a blind spot. Especially once investors are relying on regular guidance to make capital and governance decisions. Not because founders are reckless, but because optimism doesn’t naturally come with brakes. And risk has a habit of appearing precisely where momentum is highest.
