Who are we? Why are we here?
In a perfect world, you wouldn’t need Savvy. In this imagined super heaven, every fund would communicate with every member often, honestly and simply.
Sadly the world’s a long way from perfect and it takes the diligence and sweat of a committed team of experts - oh, and the three of us - to dig deep to find the kernels of fact needed to compare and benchmark fund products.
Each of us represents members at different stages of their super life cycles. We judge every fund and product on the basis of how appropriate to the members we represent.
Want to know more about us? Perfectly natural.
Greg Alder
Greg plays rugby for Australia, runs Australia’s only Michelin 3-toque restaurant, has won the Nobel prize for literature and famously beat Kelly Slater for the 2007 world surfing title.
As an advertising creative director, he mastered the art of communication - not immediately obvious from his conversation.
Advertising also taught him a lot about spending money. He thinks he must have been absent for the lessons on saving it. He has worked in marketing research. He has written a book on what it takes to lose clients and threatens to write another on how to avoid winning new business. He has conducted workshops to help clients think more creatively, better understand their audience and find pots of gold under toadstools.
He knows quite a bit about super. It will never be as much as that know-it-all super guru, Jason. (Nor any of the full-time researchers we use at Savvy.) Greg tries to forget what he knows so he can view funds’ websites, products as a novice. Given his advanced years, forgetting what he knows is a breeze. He’s especially interested in how well (or horrendously) funds understand and communicate with their members.
Casey Hammond
Casey is the go-to girl of Savvy. Member services, Health Checks, website content and design, member communications, promotions, advertising, marketing, accounts and administration are all in a days work for our Gen Y Savvy team member.
Having been with SuperRatings for 2 years Casey is now pretty savvy when it comes to her super. But it wasn't always this way... Casey's dream for Savvy is to prepare her generation to be better equipped for retirement.
Casey is especially interested in the difference between a great fund and a horrendous fund. She prepares the Health Checks and will assist you in moving to a better fund.
Having always been a cool kid some of Casey's other interests include horseriding, surfing, music festivals, scuba diving, Italian food and learning new languages... Spanish is the chosen language for this year... Ole!
Do you have a question about Savvy? Email Casey for assistance...