Guernsey Funds Forum 2025

Convene 155 Bishopsgate
20 May 2025
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Guernsey Funds Forum 2025

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20 May 2025
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Guernsey Funds Forum 2025: Venture to the Future promises to offer specialist expertise on the latest trends within the investment and funds sector, exploring key developments within the global venture capital market – including the rise of VC-backed tech-led enterprise. The event will see a range of world-class panel and keynote speakers, plus plenty of opportunities to grow your network.  

The event will feature two panel sessions, the first focusing on how technology is driving venture capital returns, and the role Guernsey plays as a hub for global innovation.  

The second panel will discuss Guernsey’s edge for launching and domiciling fund structures, set against the backdrop of the global regulatory environment. Speakers will expand on some specific use cases for Guernsey’s range of fund offerings, including PCCs and secondaries.  

Both panel sessions will be moderated by Nick Watt, Political Editor of Newsnight, who has more than 30 years’ experience reporting on UK and EU politics.   

Delivering the opening keynote will be Steven Hillion, Head of Data at Astronomer, and our closing keynote speaker is established author and presenter Professor Hannah Fry. 

Two funds seminar sessions will also be held on the morning of the event, hosted by our headline sponsors Carey Olsen and Ogier.  The sessions will deliver in-depth information about Guernsey's specific offering and expertise, from the various structures and vehicles available, to the regulatory environment and global market access routes. The seminar room will then be available as a work hub for attendees. 

Representing an internationally recognised centre for fund domiciliation and investment management, Guernsey practitioners are perfectly placed to host these discussions.   

If you have any queries on this event, please contact Leanne Cuttill or Fiona Murray.

 
Testimonials

"A highly productive event bringing together so many facets to help provide an asset manager like ourselves navigate the Channel Islands to do business."

– Principal, London

"Excellent seminar and well thought out and brilliantly delivered agenda with pertinent and on topic presenters." 

– Director, London

"As always it was such a pleasure to attend, I thought the event was outstanding. It was very well organised and very insightful. There was also a great crowd of people."

 - Manager, London

"The event was very well attended, it was really relevant and I thought the speakers were excellent."

- UK Partner, London

"The speakers were the highest calibre I have seen at any event; they made me think, they made me reflect, and I am definitely coming back next year."

- Managing Director, London

"We know how much hard work that goes into these events and it’s testament to your team that it was so well attended and received."

- Director, Guernsey

With special thanks to our Headline Sponsors & Carbon Offset Sponsor:

With thanks to our media partner:

Code of Conduct at Events

Guernsey Finance is committed to bringing members together in a professional environment to collaborate and network. We have established this code of conduct as a framework and a guide to expectations, providing guidelines to participants and ensuring that all participants understand what behaviour is expected and what behaviour will not be tolerated at a Guernsey Finance event.

Headline Sponsors

Carey Olsen Logo
Headline (Keynote)
Ogier Logo
Headline (Registration)

Title Sponsors

TISE Private Markets Logo
Drinks Reception Sponsor
JTC Logo
Coffee Sponsor
Mourant Logo
Carbon Offset Sponsor
CSC Guernsey Logo
Wi-Fi Sponsor
Main Event Programme - Tuesday 20 May 2025
13:00
Registration & Lunch
14:10
Welcome Address & Introduction
Rupert Pleasant Photo
Rupert Pleasant
Chief Executive
Guernsey Finance
14:15
Opening Keynote Address
Steven Hillion Photo
Steven Hillion
Head of Data & AI -
Astronomer, Inc.
14:25
Panel 1 - Investing in the future: how tech is driving venture capital returns
Archie Burgess Photo
Archie Burgess
Investment Director
Cibus Capital
Mark Harrison Photo
Mark Harrison
Chief Financial Officer
Sprints
David Kippen Photo
David Kippen
Managing Director
Cordiant Capital
Woody Stileman Photo
Woody Stileman
Managing Director
RTW Investments
14:55
Panel 2 - Guernsey's edge: global regs, liquidity, and fund innovation
Stephanie Biggs Photo
Stephanie Biggs
Partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Ed Hammond Photo
Ed Hammond
Head of Tax & GP Operations
Coller Capital
Jerry Paul Photo
Jerry Paul
Finance & Operations
Queen's Park Equity
Aranpreet Randhawa Photo
Aranpreet Randhawa
Partner
Fried Frank
15:25
Coffee Break & Networking

Sponsored by JTC

16:25
Closing Keynote Address

Sponsored by Carey Olsen

Hannah Fry Photo
Hannah Fry
Professor, author & presenter
16:55
Closing Remarks
Rupert Pleasant Photo
Rupert Pleasant
Chief Executive
Guernsey Finance
17:00
Drinks Reception & Networking

Sponsored by TISE Private Markets

19:00
Event Close
Speaker
Closing Keynote

Hannah Fry

Professor, author & presenter

Hannah is a Professor in the Mathematics of Cities. She is a mathematician, a best-selling author, an award winning science presenter and the host of numerous popular podcasts and television shows. She examines the incredible insights data can provide, but also where are its limitations. In her book Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine she explains how AI can reveal incredible new insights but also has ethical considerations.

Speaker
Opening Keynote

Steven Hillion

Head of Data & AI - Astronomer, Inc.

Steven Hillion has been leading engineering and analytics teams for twenty years. He is currently Head of Data at Astronomer, the New York-based company behind Apache Airflow, the popular open-source data orchestration platform. Previously, he founded Alpine Data, a collaborative data science platform later acquired by TIBCO. Before that he built a global data science team at Pivotal and developed a suite of open-source and enterprise software in machine learning. Earlier, he led engineering at multiple start-ups that went public or were acquired. Originally from Guernsey, Steven now lives in San Francisco. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from UC Berkeley, and before that read mathematics at Oxford University.

Speaker
Moderator

Nick Watt

Political Editor - BBC Newsnight

Nick Watt is Political Editor of Newsnight. With over thirty years’ experience of reporting on UK and European politics, Nick is a familiar figure across television and radio. He regularly appears on Radio 4’s Today programme, the World at One, PM and the World Tonight. Nick has seen prime ministers come and go; governments defeated and replaced; and he brings his insight and witty, yet authoritative, approach to the role of conference chair.

Panel 1 - Investing in the future: how tech is driving venture capital returns

Panel 2 - Guernsey's edge: global regs, liquidity, and fund innovation

Places for the Guernsey Funds Forum 2025 are at capacity and registration is now closed.

Please contact [email protected] to be added to our waitlist.

Financial Times

Seminar Session programme - Tuesday 20 May 2025
11:45
Seminar 1 Registration

Check in with the registration team and make your way into room 'Bishopsgate 1' 

12:00
Seminar 1 - Top trends in venture capital

Sponsored by Carey Olsen

Matthew Brehaut Photo
Matthew Brehaut
Partner
Carey Olsen
Helen Parsonage Photo
Helen Parsonage
Partner
Osborne Clarke
12:25
Seminar 2 Registration

Check in with the registration team and make your way into room 'Bishopsgate 1' 

12:35
Seminar 2 - Tech-no or Tech-yes; a review of trends in VC fund technology investing

Sponsored by Ogier

Tim Clipstone Photo
Tim Clipstone
Partner
Ogier
Luke Carroll Photo
Luke Carroll
Chief Investment Officer
Reference Capital
13:00
Main day event opens - Registration & Lunch

If staying for the main event, please check in with the registration team to receive your delegate badge and lanyard.