In this video, Miles Celic, Chief Executive Officer at TheCityUK, sits down with Guernsey Finance Chief Executive, Rupert Pleasant, to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities that exist for both jurisdictions.
During his trip he met with Guernsey Finance – the promotional body for Guernsey’s financial services sector – the Guernsey International Business Association, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and The International Stock Exchange.
Rupert’s career in financial services has taken him around the globe, living and working in London, Hong Kong, Cape Town, Zurich, Geneva, and Guernsey. His background is in private banking and trust and corporate services, where he has held a number of senior management roles in global companies. As well as an MBA from the University of Cape Town, Rupert holds a law degree, and is a member of STEP, CISI and the Institute of Directors.
Rupert sits on a number of local government and industry committees, and represents Guernsey at TheCityUK, BVCA, AIC and the City of London Corporation. In his spare time, Rupert is Chairman of the Guernsey Rugby Academy.
Miles has held the role of Chief Executive Officer since September 2016. He is also a board member of UK Finance and the Financial Services Skills Commission.
Miles began his career in broadcasting, making and presenting radio and television programmes for the BBC and others. He moved on to work in the UK Parliament, where he focused on foreign affairs and defence issues. Miles subsequently worked in a number of leading reputation management and public policy consultancies, including a period at an arm of Omnicom – one of the world’s largest communications agency groups – where he advised clients including the BBC, the International Committee of the Red Cross and a number of international financial firms.
In 2007, Miles joined HSBC’s policy function to lead political engagement. He was part of the team that led the bank’s response to the global banking crisis. Miles moved to Prudential in 2009 as Director of Group Public Affairs & Policy and became Director of Group Strategic Communications in 2013. He was a member of Prudential’s Group Leadership Team.
