Three non-executive directors were elected to the Board of Jersey Finance by
its Members at its recent annual general meeting last week.
The three are: Hans Baerlocher, Managing Director, UBS, Julie Coward, Managing
Director, Basel Group and Jonathan White, Chairman of Ogier.
Under the organisation’s rules, non-executive directors of Jersey Finance
sit on the Board for a three year period and then must seek re-election should
they wish to continue.
This year, Jonathan White and Clive Barton, Managing Director, Moore Stephens
Offshore Group, sought re-election, whilst Robert Christensen, Managing Director
of Volaw Trust & Corporate Services, stood down and did not seek re-election.
Joining the directors seeking re-election in the ballot were three other senior finance professionals
who were seeking election on to the Board for the first time.
They were Hans
Baerlocher, Julie Coward and Mark Lewis, Group Head of the Corporate & Commercial
Practise Group, Appleby.
Pierre Horsfall, chairman of Jersey Finance, welcomed the three successfully
elected representatives onto the Board, and in particular thanked Clive Barton
and Robert Christensen for their valuable contributions, stating that:
"I am always surprised by the willingness of so many talented senior professionals
to give so much of their time in advising and supporting the work of Jersey
Finance and, whilst welcoming the three who were successfully elected and looking
forward to working with them, I would also like to offer my thanks to Clive
and Robert for the direction they have provided into the activities of Jersey
Finance during their three years on the Board."
In addition to Pierre Horsfall and those elected last week, the remaining members
of the Board are vice chairman, John Henwood; director, Geoffrey Grime; two
representatives from the States of Jersey, Martin de Forest Brown, Director
of International Finance and Geoffrey Fisher, the Constable of St. Lawrence
and two executive directors, Rob Kirkby, Technical Director of Jersey Finance
and Geoffrey Cook, its Chief Executive.