Jim laid the foundations for the modern self storage industry and the association. His early insights and initiatives shaped the industry,
and many of today’s storage icons attribute their success to what they learned from Jim’s leadership and entrepreneurial skill.

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Jonathan has over 24 years experience in the self storage industry and is the founder, owner and chairman of Steel Storage Group – a business Jonathan has grown for over 20 years in the areas of self storage design, manufacturing and construction in Australia, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

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Ian is one of the founding members of the Self Storage Association of Australasia and the Self Storage Association of Asia. With limited initial capital, Ian has over time developed the Capital Holdings Group of companies to have ownership in several commercial real estate properties in the ACT & NSW and a significant interest in storage in Australia & UK.

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Joining Kennards Self Storage in 1991, after completing a Bachelor of Business (Land Economics) at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Sam was later appointed to the position of Managing Director in late 1994, taking over from his father Neville Kennard (who attempted retirement).

Since 1991, he has worked in a number of customer-facing roles in the business, as well as Operations, Marketing, Construction, Finance, Property Acquisitions and Development.

With over two decades leading the company and growing from 12 centres in 1994 to 90 centres and 270 people across Australia and New Zealand today, he has accumulated extensive experience in the business, property sector and self storage industry.

While the focus and key strength has been undertaking new self storage development, his career also includes large scale acquisitions and mergers of multi-site self storage groups, most notably the $220 million acquisition of Millers Self Storage in 2004. This more than doubled the size of the business.

In 2007, he negotiated and acquired the companies first significant trans-Tasman investment, acquiring 8 operating self storage centres in New Zealand.

In addition, he has arranged and negotiated significant debt funding and been instrumental in educating Australian lenders about the attributes and characteristics of self storage. This has lead to better appreciation of the asset class and improved access to finance for the sector.

Sam has also served on the National Committee of the Self Storage Association of Australasia and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is also on the Board of The Centre for Independent Studies. In 2018, he was invited to join the Advisory Board of Advance Australia.

He is a regular contributor to self storage and property journals, particularly Mini Storage Messenger; Inside Self Storage and The Insider.


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Richard Whalan is one of the pioneers of the self-storage industry in Australia. He opened Rent a Space's first facility in Padstow in 1979 after recognising the opportunity while travelling in America.

The SSAA thanks Richard for his ongoing support, which continues to this day by providing relevant feedback to ensure the Association continues to represent its members in the best possible ways.

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Andrew Catsoulis serves as Managing Director, Executive Director of National Storage. Andrew has over 25 years of specific self-storage industry expertise including in the areas of acquisitions, developments, integration, and operation

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Dallas Dogger is a life member of the SSAA and chairman of the Centreforce Technology group, representing Sitelink Web Edition, R6 Digital and Storage income Pros, all designed for Self Storage rentals. He has several commercial interests including Self Storage investments and is a former successful operator.

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Homestead Press has worked on producing and printing the SSAA magazine since its inception, and the owner Joe Barbaro has been an integral part of this. He sat down with us to talk about the changes he has seen in the magazine and the SSAA over the last 30 years

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Michael’s wealth of experience has established the Storage King brand as a leader in management services in the self storage industry.

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