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Jersey, United Kingdom

Chair of jurisdictional board; jurisdictional head of private equity fund services - responsible for leading teams providing market leading fund administration services to private equity clients, covering a variety of sectors and geographies.Responsibilities include: lead and oversee management of client facing teams; construct and deliver business operations in line with agreed business plan; analysis, assessment and prioritisation of new business development opportunities; act as senior escalation point for client communications; develop and enhance relationships with clients and their advisors and local intermediaries; act as external face of team and business in promoting Aztec and its services; Act as executive director to Aztec Group CompaniesAct as director on client entity boards - I am an Approved Person with the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

Jersey, Channel Islands

Previously part of Ogier until completion of MBO in 2014. Operational responsibility for Funds Team - Jersey, Guernsey, London and Hong Kong.Delivery of operational improvement initiatives (change management) into funds team including: adoption and data migration to new Investran accounting database; adoption of Type 2 ISAE3402 accreditation; formation of centralised funds operations support team.Development of robust business plan for Jersey funds team to deliver on budget the strategic goals and business plans. Management of a portfolio of client relationships and acting as CRM to key clients to deliver excellent client service.Team management and development to ensure delivery of financial and operational targets.Act as director to clients PE and RE fund structure boardsExecutive director: Elian Fiduciary (Jersey) Limited Board

Jersey, Channel Islands

Board Director SS(J)L - previously part of Mourant International Fund Administration Limited- a multi-jurisdictional fund administration business specialising in real estate and private equity administration, employing 350 staff with multi-million GBP income. Director and Head of Client Service Management (EMEA) - coordinating team of 12 CRM across 6 jurisdictions.Own CRM and Director responsibilities included: cost management; revenue generation; cross-sell, regulatory compliance; team management; change management; membership of EMEA technical steering committees and working parties; relationship management. Specific current role, responsibilities include: optimising client service delivery; increasing revenues; cross-selling; supporting sales team new business pitches; supporting new, and existing new, business on-boarding; management of a team of specialist administrators (including professionally qualified company secretary, accountant, administrator resource). I also held client directorship appointments on Real Estate and Private Equity fund structures (partnerships, units trusts and spv vehicles).

London, United Kingdom

Now known as M&G Real Estate (Part of M&G Investment Management )Transaction Management - experience includes: Management of a team of commercial real estate specialists; project managing formation and asset seeding of new funds; transaction management of portfolio and high value single asset purchase, sale, leasing and development funding transactions; management of development funding account; acting as single point of contact for instruction for lawyers and accountants supporting the transaction; development and adoption of supporting workflow tools.Legal Services - experience includes: Selection of legal service provider and ongoing contract and relationship management with law firm; responsibility for all property legal service provision to Prudential's in-house funds and JV transactions. Experience includes: fee negotiation; management of contentious and significant events; reporting to Main Board; public speaking and provision of training workshops to colleagues and City law firms. Project work included: The development and adoption of the Mexican-Wave (legal service outsourcing) Model with Robert Kidby and Michael Stancombe of Hogan Lovell; selection and establishment of the most tax efficient regulated (on-shore) and unregulated (offshore) retail fund structures to support M&G’s expansion of products; selection and relationship management of Gardiner & Theobald (specialist tax advisors team) to review and maximise allowances available when transacting or holding real estate assets; updating/creation of policies and procedures to manage risks inherent in the business model.

London, United Kingdom

Title Progression - from Trainee Mortgage and Property Finance Executive to Investment Contracts Executive to Associate Director of Transaction Management.Experience included: Investment transacting (residential and commercial real estate) by contract negotiation and management of auction sales programs; asset management by negotiation of surrender of lease and new lease contract negotiation; team management; British Property Federation Working Party (BPF) member on stamp duty; Government Working Party Member (SDLT) acting as representative of the BPF and Association of British Insurers; extensive UK commercial and residential experience; extensive international real estate experience including USA, Canada, Luxemburg, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey.

Diploma In Company Direction

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