Tristan Smith

Business Development Specialist, Mining & Technology

I’m Tristan Smith, Business Development Specialist, Mining & Technology at Axis Insurance. With over a decade of experience in strategic client engagement and market development, I focus on helping organizations in high-growth, technically complex industries connect with the right risk and insurance strategies.

Before joining Axis, I led commercial initiatives across the technology, e-commerce, and services space, holding leadership roles at Defender Cameras and as a co-founder of Beacon Technology, a startup providing scalable, high-performance computing infrastructure. This entrepreneurial experience allowed me to have a deeper appreciation for the risks, pressures, and decision-making challenges that founders and fast-moving companies face.

At Axis, I work alongside a senior team with deep insurance experience in the Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Assets, Mining and Resource-based industries. I bring a natural fluency in navigating technical landscapes and a disciplined focus on long-term relationship building. My mandate is to connect organizations with Axis’s specialized advisory capabilities, helping them understand the benefits of working with professionals who offer not only insurance placement, but integrated risk strategy and informed technical guidance.