Northland Pensions is a boutique firm supporting the HNW Australian diaspora and those that intend to retire to Australia with ATO compliant international pension solutions. Based out of Singapore I head up the distribution for Asia as a contact point for clients and their trusted advisors.

The role of an Auxiliary Security Trooper is to augment security operations in support of Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) events, functions and other SAF – organised activities (e.g. National Day Parade, Open Houses) as well as to assist with security operations at access control points of civilian key installations (e.g. Airport) or SAF camps/bases.

As the Head of Trusts, Asia - Corporate & Private Clients for Citco I oversee three practice areas, namely private clients, corporate employee benefit plans and securitisation structures. Our private client practice assists high net worth families with a range of solutions including trust, family offices and charitable structures. In corporate employee benefits we administer benefit plans and the operating structures that sit atop them. In securitisation we provide third party governance services to secured assets in a particular transaction.

TMF Group helps its clients operate internationally and 'belong' wherever they are in the world. We do this by making sure they are properly set up to do business in any country and compliant with local and international regulations.Our work includes helping companies of all sizes with business services such as HR and payroll, accounting and tax, corporate secretarial, global governance and administration services for structured finance, private equity and real estate investments.In today's environment, increasing business complexity means that a one size approach doesn't fit all - and the penalties for getting it wrong are getting heavier. Operating in over 80 jurisdictions we provide our 15,000 clients with on-the-ground compliance and administration services so they can venture further. We keep things running seamlessly, giving them the peace of mind to see the bigger picture.Our people localise the global world to help businesses succeed, which in turn helps communities to prosper. We firmly believe that the only way to be truly 'global' is to put local first, which is what our team of 7,000 in-country experts do for businesses of all sizes, every day.

Worked with Group senior management and external legal counsel to bring to market a corporate pension proposition for the Group in APAC. Involved with strategically exploring the internal and external potential to deliver the new service line in a competitive landscape. I was the principal regional consultant for the business on occupational pensions and was a Director to this business unit. We built a pricing, compliance, onboarding and delivery proposition to deliver for our clients.

Headed up the regional pensions service line of the business in China, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea and Hong Kong. Consulted and advised on the international personal pension plans, UK pension transfers plans (domestic and international) and occupational retirement benefit schemes available across the Group to both end users and the network of distributors that we had developed. Involved in the launching of the Hong Kong Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance proposition of the Group out of Hong Kong to regional employers. A director of this business unit with responsibility for client sourcing, relationship management and the day-to-day operations of licensing their schemes with the MPFA. Further tasked with the penning of content on the offering and promotion across the Groups 25 other offices.I speak at events in the region on pension planning for individuals and for corporates to a wide range of audiences. In addition to my pensions responsibilities I consult and advise clients on market entry into the UAE, entrepreneurs on starting a business, investment managers on starting up private equity/real estate investment funds, private wealth on trust planning. I am the regional head for our client relationship management software, that I assisted in customizing, with which I coach our regional sales people.

I manage a consulting team of four assisting our clients in protecting theirs and their families assets. For 26 years Sovereign Trust has been assisting expats efficiently and effectively structure their tax concerns. From the Hong Kong office we service a growing stable of hundreds of clients.

Sovereign Trust is one of the worlds largest corporate service providers of both Qualified Recognised Overseas Pensions Schemes (QROPS) and Qualified Non-UK Pensions Schemes (QNUPS). With an expanding range of jurisdictional offerings combined with un-paralleled technical support position Sovereign Trust in a pre-eminent position in the market place. Yuseff oversees Sovereign's pensions services across Hong Kong, Mainland China, Vietnam and China. Developing and nurturing relationships with introducers across the aforementioned countries to drive profitability for the business. He assists those introducers with training, speaking at seminars, client conference calls and joint client meetings.

Sovereign Trusts’ core business lies in the incorporation and management of offshore companies. My role within Sovereign Trust (Hong Kong) is to focus on developing business for our offshore pension solutions, both our Qualified Recognized Offshore Pension Scheme (QROPS) and our Qualified Non-UK Pension Scheme (QNUPS). We only distribute these products through financial brokers so the key aspect of my role is to create, improve and manage relationships within each of my jurisdictions with IFA’s. Once those relationships are up and running I then work with those brokers to ensure timely client solutions and provide continuous interface and training to the broker on the vast array of related services that Sovereign Trust provides. I have responsibility for the following jurisdictions across Asia:• China• Hong Kong• Japan• Vietnam

Sovereign’s core business is the establishment of offshore companies, trusts and funds in all of the major offshore banking jurisdictions in the world. I was brought into the new Abu Dhabi office to get the business unit up and running by developing a network of intermediaries from whom the majority of Sovereign’s business comes. In the four months from September to end of year 2010 I had met with representatives of over a hundred such intermediaries in Abu Dhabi. Moreover through my networking I made contact with several such parties around the region that I introduced colleagues from other Sovereign offices to meet and develop relationships with.Consultant – Abu DhabiKey Roles and Responsibilities:- Making contacts within legal, financial and banking intermediaries in Abu Dhabi.- Educating those contacts on our business and the mutually beneficial arrangement that we have in place with similar intermediaries. - Developing those relationships and handing them over to my replacement.

Links’ core business is in acting as a corporate nominee local partner for businesses in the UAE and Qatar. I was brought in to set up and establish the new Abu Dhabi office on my own through the cultivating of relationships with legal intermediaries as well as other business development activities. In the year and a half in the office I had forged strong relationships with a number of law firms that brought business into Links. In January 2010 I signed up our largest every client, in revenue to us terms, in the history of Links. I have a strong understanding of the requirements, processes and idiosyncrasies of establishing businesses in Abu Dhabi.Consultant – Abu Dhabi Key Roles and Responsibilities:- Advising prospects, who are company Directors or GM’s, on how to set up their specific business in the UAE.- Building up internal knowledge of governmental rules and regulations for setting up a business in Abu Dhabi.- Developing relationships with law firms to provide additional revenue streams to the business.- Producing new inquiry and monthly activity reports for the board.- Raising the profile of the business in a new market.- Guiding two businesses through the ADNOC registration process.

Linkviva is a event management company whose core business is pitching, organizing and running exhibitions and conferences. I was involved in the selling of exhibition space prior to and organization on the day of these exhibitions. During my time at Linkviva I was involved in the Business in Dubai exhibition from start to finish. Event ManagerKey Roles and Responsibilities: - Managed the Business in Dubai 2008 Exhibition and Conference (www.bid-dubai.com)

Crestcom is the largest franchise management training company in the world. It brings together video presentations from some of the best speakers in the world with live facilitation of exercises to enhance learning. I was involved in the whole sales process from cold calling through meeting and signing clients. Shanghai Area Sales ManagerKey Roles and Responsibilities:- Monthly teleconferences with the Sales Managers of Suzhou and Beijing on corporate strategies for the month. - Reporting and liaising with company General Manager and Director on the Shanghai monthly performance.- Cold calling new prospect companies to organise meetings with their management team.- Developing new offers and ways of structuring deals.- Running sales presentations with General Managers and CEOs of companies.- Writing business proposals for submission on larger projects with clients.