Lachie Smart

From 2013, with the inception of the Wings Around the World concept, Lachie’s passion has never changed. The pursuit of a world where being young isn’t a reason to lower your goalposts, but rather a reason to raise them. Where the future leaders aren’t just allowed to cultivate ideas, but are equipped to do so. 

“Millennials are so lazy, and entitled. If they didn’t buy so much avo on toast, they’d probably be able to buy a house” doesn’t exactly fill a generation with the passion to tackle big ideas. So Lachie decided to do something to prove that age isn’t a limiting factor and inspire young people to give themselves permission to dream big. 

Also, he happens to really like smashed avo, so let’s lay off that one. 

In 2016, after over 2 years of preparation and creating commercial partnerships totalling nearly half a million dollars , Lachie set off on his mission named Wings Around the World. What followed was 45,000km of high adrenaline adventure, overcoming threats of arrest, huge storms and challenging flight conditions, Lachie reached millions around the world and began redefining the capabilities of today's generation.

At age 18, Lachie returned from the epic around the world aviation adventure, placing him as the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a single engine aircraft: a feat that has been accomplished by less than people than spaceflight.

At 20, Lachie moved to the USA to train as a professional speaker and entertainer. Following this he moved back to Australia where he entered business in medical equipment manufacturing and continued speaking for corporate and education audiences on the methods to develop and manage their emerging leaders. 

Lachie is the General Manager of Smartline Medical. An innovative and nimble manufacturer of high tech medical equipment for endoscopy and sterilising departments within health facilities. Guiding the company through a pandemic required tuned leadership approach and the ability to quickly triage and overcome adversity.