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Richard Corrigan - Jersey Finance
David Sowden - Grant Thornton
Assad Abdullatiff - AXIS Fiduciary Ltd, Mauritius
Philip Collins - The Speaker
James Henry - MPX E&P Ltd
Anwar Nashishibi - 7 Bedford Row
Paul Woodman and Martin Popplewell - Deloitte
Heather Lightbody - Training Values
Nicole Svatek - Human Factors Specialist
Angelo Mincuzzi - Journalist and Special Correspondent
Richard Campo - Rose Capital Partners
John Greenwood - KRyS Global
The Future of Finance:Opportunities and Threats
A One Day Conference
Belroyal House, Hilgrove Street, St Helier, JE4 0UA
01534 729729
7CPD HRS
The Corbiere Suite, Hotel de FranceWednesday 18 November 2015
This conference is designed for finance industry professionals including Senior Managers, Directors, Non-Executive Directors and those with responsibility for the compliance function within their organisations. It will provide a valuable insight into the future of finance for offshore centres and best practice procedures for identifying and managing opportunities and threats.
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Speaker Profi les
Richard Corrigan
As Deputy CEO of Jersey Finance Richard leads an international team promoting Jersey as a well-regulated, internationally co-operative fi nancial centre. He has wide-ranging experience of international markets from his earlier career in banking where he led coverage teams in the Gulf, Greater China, South East Asia and North America. Richard is a member of both the Institute of Directors and the Institute of Financial Services and a Governor of Highlands College.
Deputy CEO, Jersey Finance
For over twenty years David has been a forensic accountant expert specialising in investigating large and complex fraud and money laundering cases. He have given evidence in the Royal Court in Jersey on a number of occasions on behalf of the Attorney General of Jersey. He has also acted in Guernsey and the Isle of Man as well as in the UK. His cases have involved Bank Cantrade, Tim Nelson, Christine Bryce-Richards, Raj Bhojwani, Peter Michel, Justin Michel and recently Ian Christmas and others. David is a recognised expert forensic accountant on the UK National Crime Agency database.
David SowdenDirector, Forensic & Investigation Services Grant Thornton
James Henry
James is a qualifi ed chartered accountant, having originally graduated from Exeter University with a BSc in Geology. He spent 20 years working in the fi nancial services sector in both London and Sydney before joining MPX in 2006. As part of the senior management team, James is responsible for all fi nancial, commercial and accounting issues and was instrumental in achieving MPX’s MBO in April 2014. James has direct experience of investment by private equity funds in the upstream oil and gas sector.
Finance Director, MPX E&P Ltd
John GreenwoodManaging Director of KRyS Global
John, resident in the British Virgin Islands, is a highly skilled legal, insolvency and compliance professional with over 20 years extensive experience as a banking, insolvency, corporate restructuring and fi nancial services lawyer. John was one of the founding partners of Withers BVI in April 2009 and he was a member of the Funds Investment Trust and Tax team specializing in setting up and restructuring Hedge Funds and Alternative Investment structures.
Assad Abdullatiff is Chief Executive of AXIS Fiduciary Ltd, in Mauritius. Assad started his career within a global fi duciary fi rm and counts several years of experience within the corporate and trust industry. Assad’s areas of expertise span: corporate law & governance, tax planning and structuring, fund formation & administration and trusts and estate planning. Assad was the past Chairman of the Mauritius branch of STEP representing the African and Arabian regions.
Assad Abdullatiff TEP, LLB (Hons), LLM, Barrister
Chief Executive Offi cer, AXIS Fiduciary Ltd, Mauritius
Nicole Svatek Human Factors Specialist. Chairman of the Royal Aeronautical Society Human Factors Group
Nicole is Chairman of the Royal Aeronautical Society Human Factors Group. Nicole was formerly the Head of Human Factors at Virgin Atlantic Airways and her remit included fl ight crew, cabin crew and engineering Human Factors programmes and all internal HF accident and incident investigations. She was one of the original members of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Human Factors Committee, and was seconded as their representative to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (the aviation branch of the UN) to become a member of the working group that authored the ICAO Human Factors Digests. She was also one of three authors of the IATA Guidelines in Flight Safety Methodologies in 1991.
Angelo is a special correspondent with the economic and fi nancial publication “Il Sole 24 Ore” and writes of judicial inquiries, tax fraud and tax havens. He is co-author of “La cassaforte degli evasori”, written with whistleblower Hervé Falciani. The book tells of the most spectacular bank data leak of recent years: when, in 2008, former HSBC employee Hervé Falciani disappeared with the information of some 130,000 customers of the bank. In recent years Angelo has dealt with some of the most important Italian fi nancial scandals and was special correspondent in China, Dubai, in the Balkan area and in the Baltic countries.
Angelo MincuzziJournalist. Co-Author of ‘La Cassaforte degli evasori’ with HSBC whistleblower Hervé Falciani
Richard founded Rose Capital Partners and Rose Property Partners in 2014, following more than 15 years in the mortgage industry. Richard has experience in banking and broking alike, becoming an integral part of the growth and success of many of London’s prestigious and well-known brokerages. Richard is a self-confessed mortgage geek and has forged invaluable relationships with key decision makers in UK and offshore banks and Building Societies.
Richard CampoManaging Director, Rose Capital Partners
Philip Collins is the former Chief Speech Writer to Prime Minister Tony Blair and has written for many global leaders including Kofi Annan, David Miliband and Indra Nooyi.A best-selling author, Phil is Chair of Trustees at the think tank Demos and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Public Policy Institute, at Oxford University. Prior to his work at 10 Downing Street, Phil was the Director of the public policy think tank, the Social Market Foundation.
Philip CollinsPartner and Co-founder of The SpeakerFormer Chief Speech Writer to Tony Blair
Anwar NashishibiBarrister, 7 Bedford Row
Anwar Nashashibi is a barrister at 7 Bedford Row. He specialises in fraud, including in the fi nance industry. He has substantial experience of offshore work having been instructed by public and private clients in Jersey, Guernsey, Bahrain and the TCI. He has extensive experience of offshore fi nance industries and the regulatory framework within which they operate.
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Heather Lightbody specialises in training with a focus on private equity, valuation and M&A and is a Lecturer with the BVCA Faculty. She has both a professional and personal interest in private equity, analysing VC purchases and exits and their impact on the broader corporate fi nance market. Heather worked with Esso Petroleum for fi ve years in a range of fi nance functions. She worked for Yamaichi International for seven years in M&A, Eastern Europe coverage, debt and equity capital markets, and was appointed Executive Director in 1994.
Director of Training Values and Lecturer with the BVCA Faculty
Heather Lightbody
Paul Woodman leads Deloitte’s Jersey tax practice with over fifteen years experience in international taxation. Paul has been advising on FATCA since the inception of the regime and is jurisdiction lead for Jersey for Deloitte’s global FATCA team. Paul regularly presents on FATCA to local bodies such as the Jersey branch of STEP and the Jersey Compliance Officers Association Accountants on numerous occasions. Paul sits on the committee of the Jersey Society of Chartered and Certified Accountants, the tax committee of the Jersey branch of the Institute of Directors and Jersey Finance’s Fiscal Strategy Group.Martin is Director in Tax within Deloitte’s offshore tax practice, based in the Guernsey office and serving a wide range of Financial Services clients. He has been at Deloitte for 11 years, with a background in UK taxation. Since relocating to Guernsey in 2010, Martin has worked on a variety of structures and clients, including banking, funds, trusts and real estate. Martin has responsibility for FATCA within the Guernsey office, and is a member of the Guernsey Income Tax Office Guidance Notes working party. Martin is also Chair of the Guernsey branch of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
Paul Woodman and Martin Popplewell Deloitte
Conference
08:30 - 09:00 Registration with coffee and pastries
09:00 - 09:15 Mapping The Future Richard CorriganDeputy CEO, Jersey Finance
09:15 - 09:45 Investing In Africa: Opportunities, Challenges And Structuring Solutions
Assad Abdullatiff TEP, LLB (Hons), LLM, BarristerChief Executive Offi cer, AXIS Fiduciary Ltd, Mauritius
09:45 - 10:15Money Laundering - Does It Ever Change? An Analysis OfPractical Examples
David SowdenDirector, Forensic & Investigation Services Grant Thornton
10:15 - 10:45Structure Of Private Equity Fund Investment In The Upstream Oil And Gas Sector
James HenryFinance Director, MPX E&P Ltd
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 11:30 FATCA - An Update Paul Woodman and Martin PopplewellDeloitte
11:30 - 12:00 The Next Five Years: Likely Trends In Offshore Regulatory Enforcement
Anwar NashishibiBarrister, 7 Bedford Row
12:00 - 12:30 The Future Of Private EquityHeather LightbodyDirector of Training Values and Lecturer with the BVCA Faculty
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 14:15 Human Factors: Predicting The Fatal Flaws
Nicole SvatekHuman Factors SpecialistChairman of the Royal Aeronautical Society Human Factors Group
14:15 - 14:45 How To Ensure Financial Services Are Not Cast As The Villain
Philip CollinsPartner and Co-founder of The SpeakerFormer Chief Speech Writer to Tony Blair
14:45 - 15:15 Banking Secrecy Under Siege: The HSBC Case
Angelo MincuzziJournalistCo-Author of ‘La Cassaforte degli evasori’ with HSBC whistleblower Hervé Falciani
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee
15:30 - 16:00 Financial Intermediaries: Risk or Opportunity?
Richard CampoManaging Director, Rose Capital Partners
16:00 - 16:30 Enforcement Actions Against BVI Companies And Investment Funds
John GreenwoodManaging Director of KRyS Global
16:30 - 17:00 Question and Answer session
17:00 Conference Conclusion
Programme
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Cost: £375* Venue: The Corbiere Suite, Hotel de France, St Saviours Road, St Helier, Jersey, JE1 7XP Date: Wednesday 18 November 2015 Time: 08:30 - 17:00 CPD Hours: 7
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*Discounts: For all registrations received by 31 August, a 10% discount will apply.Any members of the following organisations will be eligible for a 10% discount:ACCA, STEP, ICSA, IOD, JCOA, ICAS, ICAEW, JADO, ICAFor every 3 places booked, an additional member of the same organisation can attend for free.
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Please note that refunds cannot be issued within 30 days prior to the commencement of the conference. However, delegates can be interchanged at any time.