Nerine Trust - Guernsey, Channel Islands
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British Virgin Islands Office
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Simon W. Filmer BA (HONS) ACIS TEP - Managing Director
Simon Filmer, born and educated in the UK, joined the Nerine BVI team in July 2004, as General Manager with responsibility for Client Services. He became a director of Nerine BVI in March 2006 and was promoted to Managing Director in January 2008. He is a long-term resident of the BVI, and, prior to joining Nerine, had been the Corporate Manager of two small to medium sized trust companies in the BVI. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and a Member of the Society of Trust Estate and Practitioners. Simon is very active in the financial services industry in the BVI, serving as Chairman of the BVI Association of Registered Agents from July 2006 to November 2009, and as a member of the Marketing Advisory Committee, the Joint Anti-Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing Advisory Committee, the Financial Services Institute Advisory Council, and other private and public sector bodies. He has considerable experience in the areas of corporate business, trusts and mutual funds.
Direct Email address: simon.filmer@nerinebvi.com
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Wayne S. Francis FCCA ACIS - Finance Director
Wayne Francis joined the Nerine BVI team in March 2007 as the Finance Director, having spent ten years in the BVI financial services industry as a Financial Controller and also a short stint as a Compliance Officer. He was born on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where he qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 1995, after working with Pannell Kerr Foster. Wayne is also qualified as a Chartered Secretary with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.
Direct Email address: wayne.francis@nerinebvi.com
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Livia L. Freeman BA TEP - Compliance Manager
Livia joined the Nerine BVI team in February 2011 as the Compliance Manager. She has spent 15 years in the British Virgin Islands financial services industry, with the last 8 years in full time Compliance roles. She is a Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and is completing qualification as a Chartered Secretary with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. She is approved by the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission as a Tier I Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer.
Direct Email address: livia.freeman@nerinebvi.com
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Adam McDonnell BSocSc LLB - Fiduciary Services Manager
Adam obtained his law degree in 1997 from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, being admitted later that year to the New Zealand bar and subsequently to the Cook Islands bar in 2001. Adam has extensive experience as both a general lawyer and in the provision of fiduciary services having worked in these capacities in the Cook Islands, the BVI and New Zealand. Adam previously spent three years in the BVI as legal counsel and compliance officer to a mid-sized trust company. Having spent close to three years back in his native New Zealand, Adam returned to the BVI in July 2010 to take up a position with Nerine BVI as Fiduciary Services Manager. Adam has been approved by the BVI Financial Services Commission as a Senior Officer.
Direct Email address: adam.mcdonnell@nerinebvi.com
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Kevin Richards BA (Hons) FCCA - Financial Accountant
Kevin is a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He began his studies in accountancy at the University of the Virgin Islands, completing in London at Emile Woolf College (FTC) in 2004 and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2005. Kevin started his professional career at BDO Binder, and, since then, has spent several years working in Banking, Financial Services and the Utilities industries, including three years as the Deputy Financial Controller of the BVI Electricity Corporation. He joined Nerine in September 2009 as Head of Client Accounting and has been approved by the BVI Financial Services Commission as a Senior Officer.
Direct Email address: kevin.richards@nerinebvi.com
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Jonelle Vanterpool BSc TEP - Corporate Supervisor
Jonelle was raised and educated in the British Virgin Islands and the United States and joined Nerine Trust Company (BVI) Limited in January 2009 as Corporate Supervisor. She has over eight years experience in the Financial Services industry and is also a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Jonelle runs one of the Corporate Teams within the Administration department and has been approved by the BVI Financial Services Commission as a Senior Officer.
Direct Email address: jonelle.vanterpool@nerinebvi.com