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HSBC Bank has made two appointments to its corporate banking and retail banking divisions in Guernsey: Sally Spencer (pictured) as Head of Corporate Banking and Mhairi Thomsett as Head of Retail Banking. Sally has worked with the bank for 30 years. She moves to Guernsey from the UK, where she was Head of Corporate, West London. Also moving to Guernsey, Mhairi assumes responsibility for the bank’s retail banking business and branch network in Guernsey, Sark and Alderney. She has spent 16 years in the UK with HSBC, most recently as Senior Retail Branch Manager in Cambridge.
Angus Taylor has been named Chief Executive Officer at Moore Stephens (Jersey), the new holding company for all Moore Stephens businesses on Jersey. An experienced wealth management professional, Angus has run banking, investment, fund and trust businesses in multiple jurisdictions. He was previously Managing Director of Kleinwort Benson and a Director at JTC and specialises in change management. Angus will combine his new duties with his existing role as Managing Director of one of the subsidiary businesses, Moore Stephens Trust and Corporate Services.
Fiduciary services firm Volaw has appointed Mark Hucker as Managing Director. He takes over from Robert Christensen, who spent 34 years in the role. Mark’s career in Jersey has taken in accountancy at Deloitte & Touche, moving on to fund and investment management at Perpetual (now part of Invesco) and then Ermitage Asset Management, where he eventually became Managing Director for Strategy and Operations. He joins Volaw from Standard Bank Offshore Group, where he has served as Chief Executive covering Jersey, Isle of Man and Mauritius for almost five years.
Corporate, private client and funds services business Hawksford has appointed Michel van Leeuwen as its Group Chief Executive, based in Jersey. Prior to joining Hawksford, Michel spent five years as Group Chief Executive of London-based Cordium, a provider of regulatory compliance consulting services to the asset management and securities industry. In addition, he has served as Managing Director of Microsoft’s Worldwide Capital Markets, as well as Partner for London-based Hammock Investments.
BDO Jersey has appointed Phil Ruelle as Chief Digital Officer. He joins from business change specialist Greenlight, where he was Chief Operating Officer. Last year Greenlight formed an integrated professional services firm with BDO Jersey and Sator Regulatory Consulting. Phil will work on bringing about digital transformations across the firm. With a background in computer systems engineering, Phil started his career in software research and development. He has held a number of management roles, including Director of Technology at Jersey-based hedge fund Altis Partners.
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