Our Team

The Driving Force Behind Tank

Marel is the founder of Tank Insurance. He spent years in banking and finance with Commonwealth Bank, then moved into asset finance and management consulting for finance companies, including roles where he advised executive teams and contributed to ASX market updates for a listed company.

Real Business Experience

Beyond his corporate career, Marel has been an investor, founder, and builder of multiple businesses. He's helped grow and scale a real estate agency, co-founded a conveyancing firm before selling his stake, held an investment in an accounting firm, and built an entertainment business from scratch which he later sold. He knows what it's like to make payroll, manage cash flow, and lie awake thinking about risk.

Why He Started Tank

Working with ASX-listed companies and growing SMEs, Marel kept seeing the same problem: business owners who were serious about growth were being treated as policy numbers by large insurers. They'd get stuck in call centre queues, talking to people who understood insurance products but had never actually run a business. Tank Insurance exists to fix that. Read more about our founding and proven SME experience.

Legal Background

Simonna is a lawyer who has also worked in insurance broking. She previously worked as a broker at Tank.

Her legal career is in construction and projects law, covering transactions, disputes and M&A across infrastructure and renewables. She's worked in top-tier, national and boutique firms, acting for ASX-listed companies, Tier 1 construction firms, and developers and EPCs.

Role at Tank

Simonna reviews contracts, trains the team on the clauses that matter, and provides legal oversight and compliance support across the business.

Her construction law background helps the team understand the contracts and obligations common to the trades, contractors and design and construct professionals Tank works with, including around Professional Indemnity.