Guernsey Private Wealth Forum 2025 - Panel 2

Gillian oversees the prudential and conduct Policy and Supervisory functions of the Commission. She takes a keen interest in supervisory technology and supports initiatives to allow the Commission to more effectively regulate firms using new data-driven technology. Gillian is playing a leading role in the Commission’s Digital Finance Initiative and values engagement with stakeholders.

Gillian joined the Commission in July 2014, initially as Director of Fiduciary and Innovations. Since then Gillian has held a number of positions including as Director of Investment, Fiduciary and Pensions. Gillian, on behalf of the Commission, is an active participant in the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and the Group of International Finance Centre Supervisors (GIFCS). 

Gillian joined the Commission from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA; and formerly the Financial Services Authority), where she regulated a wide range of financial institutions. Gillian started her career in the Cabinet Office, where she was a Minister’s Private Secretary and Policy Officer. Gillian graduated from Exeter University where she read History and Politics.

Edward has more than 20 years of experience of providing advice on a wide variety of tax matters to families and high-net-worth individuals. His specialism is in the field of international private client tax. He advises on offshore/onshore structuring and planning, co-ordinating multi-jurisdictional advice and has considerable experience in advising on the taxation of offshore trusts.

Edward is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation's International Capital Taxes Technical Group and sits on the ICAEW’s Private Client Committee. He is co-chair of the CLA Global Private Client Group, a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) and member of the Association of Tax Technicians (ATT) and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Kerrie is Chair of the Guernsey Association of Trustees (GAT) and an independent governance and fiduciary adviser. In her role as Chair of GAT, she is actively involved in engagement and consultation on legislative, regulatory and policy developments affecting Guernsey's regulated fiduciary sector. She specialises in fiduciary governance, decision-making and the resilience of trust and multi-entity private wealth structures, particularly where complexity, sensitivity or risk require careful and experienced judgement.

Kerrie has spent more than 20 years in Guernsey’s private wealth sector, spanning providing senior legal advisory services as a Guernsey Advocate and direct fiduciary leadership experience as an executive director of a regulated Guernsey trust and corporate services provider. Increasingly, her work includes helping fiduciaries and private wealth structures navigate emerging issues and changing expectations, including the governance, oversight and fiduciary considerations arising from sustainable investing, impact investing and responsible stewardship.

Helen McGhee is a Partner in the Joseph Hage Aaronson Contentious Tax team, specialising in UK and international tax disputes involving HNW individuals and their family or business enterprises. She is a Solicitor and Chartered Tax Adviser, a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and is a CEDR accredited mediator. Helen is an industry leading specialist at running highly complex HMRC investigations (often in the context of a wider trust dispute) where she has a proven track record of negotiating very favourable settlements. While her specialism is the taxation of internationally mobile individuals and their structures, she proficiently handles a wide variety of contentious and advisory tax matters. 

Paul is a highly regarded financial services professional with more than 35 years of international experience, principally in the areas of fiduciary and administration and insolvency. He is currently an independent fiduciary consultant advising both individuals and families and institutions, and is a Non-Executive Director of Praxis Group Limited.  Paul is also a Commissioner of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

Paul has actively supported the growth and development of the finance sector in Guernsey and has been a committee member and chair of the local STEP branch, the Guernsey Association of Trustees and, most recently, as chair of the Guernsey International Business Association (GIBA). He is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and a member of STEP. Previously, Paul was a senior executive of Butterfield Group from 1998 to 2023 based in Guernsey.