An ex-President of the Guernsey Centre of the Chartered Institute of Bankers Jim has over 32 years’ experience in the offshore finance industry.  He is a non executive director of Kleinwort Benson (Channel Islands) Holdings Limited following his recent retirement from the Kleinwort Benson Group, where he was, at various times,  responsible for the Guernsey fiduciary services, CI/UK business development and CI/UK private wealth management businesses.  He was also Managing Director in Guernsey until his recent retirement. 

In addition to his Group directorship, Jim is a director of a substantial captive insurance company, and a number of fund companies.  He is also Chairman of GuernseyFinance.

Jim is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (Trustee Diploma) and a member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Fritha joined the Praxis Group in Guernsey in 1999 after gaining a BSc (Hons) degree in Health Sciences at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh. She qualified as an Associate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and became a team leader in 2002.

In 2004 Fritha returned briefly to the UK where she worked for a small property development and investment company before returning to Praxis in 2006 on a contract basis dealing with projects. She rejoined the company on a permanent basis as a Client Relationship Manager later that year working with the Property Investment Team. In 2008 Fritha relocated to Geneva to open the Group's Swiss office, PraxisFiduciaries (Switzerland) SA.

Fritha is now a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and in her spare time she plays hockey and tennis and enjoys swimming and reading.
 

John joined Pannell Kerr Forster, part of the Praxis Group, in 1996 bringing with him considerable experience in personal and offshore taxation gained during his time as a Tax Manager with Coopers & Lybrand in Jersey. Appointed as Director of PKF (Guernsey) Limited in 1997, John is responsible for the taxation services of the company. Previously John qualified as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation with Arthur Andersen in Leeds, following offshore experience as a senior accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in Grand Cayman BWI.

Earlier in his career, John qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Spicer and Pegler in Manchester in 1985 after graduating with a BA (Hons) in Economics and Accounting from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

John's portfolio of clients includes a number of offshore companies holding a diverse range of commercial properties including warehouses, residential and mixed use properties in the UK and Europe. A further core part of John's client portfolio consists of structures for UK resident foreign domiciled individuals. John's UK tax experience helps to bring careful oversight to what are often highly complex tax mitigation structures.

John is married to Caroline and has three children. His leisure interests include cycling and swimming.
 

Originally from London, Mandy qualified as a Chartered Tax Advisor in 1991, having trained with Moore Stephens. She subsequently gained experience at Smith & Williamson in their Private Client and Trust department and moved to Guernsey in 2000.

Mandy joined Praxis Fiduciaries Limited in November 2001 and is now a tax manager, dealing primarily with UK tax issues in connection with offshore trust and company structures.