The 19th STEP Jersey Annual International Conference Friday 4th November 2011 ... and still enjoys local and West End weddings and charity events.
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STEP Members £175
STEP Students £155
Non-Members £240
T: 01534 876513
F: 01534 878509
E: step@stepjersey.org
08.30 Registration & Refreshments
09.00 Welcome from STEP Jersey and
housekeeping
Steven Meiklejohn, Branch Chairman &
Paul Deacon, MC.
09.05 Opening Address
Senator Philip Ozouf, Deputy Chief
Minister, States of Jersey
09.25 Regulatory Update
John Harris, Jersey Financial Services
Commission
09.55 Claims Against Trustees
Charles Holbech, New Square Chambers
10.25 Refreshments
11.00 Yachting and Aviation
John Hills & Bruce Dutton, Equiom
2.00 Chairman’s Opening Comments
2.05 The Shutter Trust
Maurice Turnor Gardner
3.35 Refreshments
4.00 How Trust Litigation Destroys a
Senator Philip Ozouf
was elected Minister for Treasury and Resources in December 2008 and
subsequently appointed as Deputy
Chief Minister. He is now responsible for the oversight of public
Oliver Stones
, a Vice President at Quilter and Head of Fi
xed Income, is part of the company’s private
client fund management team with
a particular responsibility for fixed interest products. Oliver joined
Quilter in March 2002 from the Private Client Division of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers where he co
-headed the Fixed Income Team. He started his career in
the City of London in 1984, after a short service
commission in the British Army, working for eight years
at the Industrial Bank of Japan, four of which
were spent in Hong Kong running the Far Eastern sa
les desk. He has also spent four years at UBS
Warburg in UK institutional sales. Oliver is currently base
d in Jersey as head of Quilt
er’s Fixed Income Team where
he runs both on-shore and off-shore bo
nd portfolios (both dedicated and as a part of a balanced mandate) and he
heads up the Fixed Income research for Quilter. He has
sat on the Debt Management Office (DMO) End-Investors
committee for the last five years as a representative of
APCIMS advising the government on gilt issuance.
Graham Wainer
is Global Head of Private Clients & Portfo
lio Management with overall responsibility for
GAM's global private client and portfolio management businesses. He chairs GAM's Investment
Committee for Managed Portfolios and co-manages a range of GAM funds based on Managed Portfolios
strategies. He joined GAM in 1998 having previously
been Executive Director of EFG Private Bank and
Charles Holbech
is a Barrister at New Square Chambers where he specialises in all aspects of property,
land and trust law, with a mix of litigious and advisory work and associated professional negligence
claims. He has extensive experience in trust drafting
, the use of trusts in tax planning and in matters
relating to trust administration. His private client work also includes wills, probate, succession and
claims relating to the estates of deceased persons,
including the area of family provision. His property
practice includes commercial, residential and agricultural landlord & tenant law, leasehold
Bruce Dutton
, FCIB, CeFA, is Senior Manager, International Business Development with Equiom in the
Isle of Man. He has over forty years’ experience with
in the financial services industry. Highly qualified in
John Hills,
GradDipMgt, FRAeS, is Aviation Services Consultant with Equiom in the Isle of Man. He has
forty years’ experience within the aviation world
in various roles including pilot, engineer, flight
supervisor, operations manager and regulator. With
twenty years of military service in various senior
roles and piloting high performance aircraft, John brings extensive expertise to Equiom in his role. His
specialist knowledge of aircraft
specifications and operations assists the Equiom aviation team to
recommend the most appropriate ownership structure fo
r clients. Highly regarded within the industry,
John is regularly sought out to consult on topical aircraft issu
es, in addition to presenting at global conferences. He is
a former Chief Flight Examiner for the UK Civil Aviation
Authority; former Head of General Aviation for the UK
Civil Aviation Authority; and highly involved in the de
velopment and implementation of Joint Aviation Authority
John Harris
was appointed the Director General of the Jersey Financial Services Commission in
November 2006 and subsequently joined the Board of
Commissioners in March 2007. From 2002 to 2006,
he held the position of Director - International Finance in the States of Jersey Chief Minister's Department
where he had responsibility for all aspects of the government's policy on the maintenance and
enhancement of Jersey's position as an internationa
l finance centre. From 1
998 to 2002, he was Chief
Executive Officer for NatWest Offshore with responsibility for offices in Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man,
Gibraltar, Cayman, Bermuda and the Bahamas. He spent 22 years working for NatWest Bank during which time he
held management positions in France, Switzerland and Sing
apore amongst others. John Ha
rris obtained a BA (Hons)
Arabella Saker
is a partner at Maurice Turnor Gardner. She specialises in advising wealthy families, trust
companies and banks in connection with a range of we
alth planning matters, including risk management
and dispute resolution. She regularly advises on the cr
eation of trust and corporate vehicles to hold and
Jenny McKeown
is a partner at Maurice Turnor Gardner. She specialises in all aspects of trust litigation
and professional negligence claims, with particular expertise in contentious pensions matters including
rectification claims and professional negligence claims against scheme actuaries, solicitors, investment
advisers and scheme administrators. She has extensive
experience of managing complex, high value court
claims, appeals to the PPF Ombu
dsman, Pensions Ombudsman complaints and responding to
complaints. raised by The Pensions Regulator an
d the actuarial profession. Jenny joined MTG in
September 2010, having qualified and spent four years at Al
len & Overy LLP where she specialised in trust litigation,
followed by a number of years in a senior legal role at
Mercer Limited. Jenny is a member of the Association of
Pensions Lawyers.
Rupert Ticehurst
is a partner at BLP which he joined in 2011 from Herbert Smith. His practice includes
tax, trusts and succession planning, litigation and charities. Rupert is also a Protector and a Trustee of a
number of trusts and has a particular interest in tr
ust protectors. Rupert was voted one of City Wire’s
‘Top 10 Lawyers wealth managers need to know 2010’, ‘Lawyer of the Year 2008’ by Citywealth and ‘Best
Private Client Legal Tax & Trusts Advisory
’ by Spear’s Wealth
Christopher Reimer
is a partner with the law firm of Long
Reimer Winegar Beppler LLP, which has
offices in Cheyenne, Evanston, Jackson, Newcastle,
Wyoming, Boulder, Colorado, and Park City, Utah
(USA). Christopher is an Adjunct
Professor of Law at the Universi
ty of Wyoming College of Law,
Chairman of the Board of Jackson Hole Trust Company, and founder of Frontier Administrative
Services LLC (Wyoming's leading private trust company administration firm). He is a member of the
Steven Meiklejohn
is a Partner and head of the Private Client and Trusts Team at Ogier. He qualified as an
Advocate in 1985 and became a partner at Ogier in 1988. Steve is heavily involved in advising all of the firm’s
major trust company clients on trust and commercial issu
es as well as on regulatory matters. Steve has
expertise in advising on the establishment and administra
tion of complex structures for high net worth clients
looking to create comprehensive estate plans for their
personal and business assets. In addition Steve advises
on the establishment of employee benefit and pension st
ructures. He is a regular speaker at conferences on
trust issues and is responsible for the ch
apters on Jersey Law found in the works
entitled "European Cross Boarder Estate
Planning" and "Planning and Administration of Offshore and Onshore Trusts". Steve is Chairman of STEP Jersey, is on
the Editorial Board of Trusts and Trustees
and currently sits on the Working Party considering trust law reform in Jersey.
Tony Pitcher
joined Barclays Wealth Advisory in 2011 as a
Director. Tony qualified in 1986 as a member of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England an
d Wales with Price Waterhouse. On qualifying, he
joined Ernst & Young in tax specialising in advising
Paul Deacon
has been working as a professional Toastmaster for almost 20 years and is a Fellow of the
National Association of Toastmasters. He is delighted to
Founded at the beginning of 2008,
ThatcherMacKenzie
is a boutique executive recruitment consultancy dedicated to
working with senior personnel in the financial and le
gal sectors in the Channel Islands, Switzerland and
Liechtenstein. Headquartered in Jersey, with representative
offices in Zurich, Switzerlan
d, ThatcherMacKenzie offers
a tailored, strictly confidential and professional approa
ch. In Jersey, the consultancy assists candidates seeking
director-level posts and senior management positions acro
ss the finance industry. It
also specialises in placing
lawyers into private practice and in-house roles in both
Jersey and Guernsey. In Switzerland and Liechtenstein,
ThatcherMacKenzie operates with a modi
fied remit, specialising in placing trust professionals at all levels. In
addition, the company recruits for family office, wealth
management and esta
te planning roles in Zurich, Geneva,
Vaduz and beyond.
www.thatchermackenzie.com
Collins Stewart Wealth Management
is an award winning investment manager and stockbroker committed to
providing intermediaries and their clients with a broad array of independent wealth management services. Drawing
upon our offshore heritage and independen
ce, our services are based around a dedication to traditional client service,
open architecture and the latest portfolio management tec
hniques. Always looking to embrace technology within our
processes, our forward thinking approach to investment
management has helped us de
liver a rigorous investment
process for our growing, international client base. With as
Serving our clients for over 70 years.
Established in 1936, the
is a privately owned organisation, specialising
in insurance broking, risk management and financial services.
The Group employs over 200 staff and services well over 30,000
corporate and personal clients fr
om its offices in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, So
uthampton and the Isle of Man. Rossborough is
ranked within the top 40 independent brokers in the UK and has
many exclusive facilities for High Net Worth and Corporate
clients. Key to the success of the Rossborough Group is the abili
ty of its staff to provide unique solutions tailored to the in
dividual
needs of the client, on a Local,
National, or Global scale.
www.rossborough.co.uk
Bedell Group
Established in 1983,
GAM
is an independent, active investment manager, delivering investment solutions to private
clients, charities, institutions and intermediaries, from offices in financial centres around the world. Our aim is to
deliver strong, long-term returns for our clients through so
me of the world’s most tale
nted investment managers. We
seek to achieve and outperform their investment objectives
through an exceptional focu
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