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HFL is pleased to announce eight promotions across the fund accounting, operations and people and culture teams.

Matt Lomas, HFL Fund Administrator, discusses the upcoming rugby season and his captain role for Guernsey’s St. Jacques Vikings rugby team.

Executive Director, Marina Mauger, explores what clients should consider when searching for a suitable trustee and the importance of expertise, trust and collaboration.

Earlier this month, Director Abbie Hewlett attended the Guernsey Funds Forum. Here Abbie discusses how jurisdiction choice was a hot topic throughout the event.

Trust and Company Administrator, Carla Brun, discusses her career change and the support she received from HFL when she started in trust last year.

At HFL we are committed to reducing our carbon emission and are delighted to be partnering with Supercritical to achieve our goals.

Matt Lomas, Captain of the Vikings and HFL Fund Administrator, discusses his career and his passion for rugby, and how HFL supports his work/life balance.

We believe that creating gender equity for parents is not mutually exclusive, breaks down societal norms and creates pathways for success for all.

Careful succession planning and family governance are just some of the strategies we need to consider when transferring wealth from one generation to the next.

HFL has started the year with well-deserved promotions for Gerry Ashplant, Mark Gavey, Hollie Read and Stacey Le Page across the Compliance, Fund Accounting, Fund Administration and People & Culture teams.

Kristy Webber is a Senior Manager in HFL's fund administration team. She has played a central role in building HFL's fund business over the last nine years and as the team has grown, so have her responsibilities and seniority in the firm.

HFL has promoted three more staff across the fund administration and operations teams. This development comes after a successful year in which the firm has made several promotions and continues to expand and grow its wider team.

HFL, an independent fiduciary and fund administration business based in Guernsey, has agreed sponsorship deals with local rugby and hockey clubs.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and positive place to work. One of HFL’s values is ‘care for each other’, which is reflected in our excellent team spirit.

HFL, an independent fiduciary and fund administration business in Guernsey, has appointed James Legge as its new Financial Director.

We are determined to support the future of our island’s finance sector. This summer, we welcomed Sam Clarke and Eleanor Sauvarin to the office, where they have been assisting the fund administration team.

Congratulations to Mattias, Joe and Georgia on their well-deserved promotions. They have all added a huge amount of value to the business in a short period of time, and I am excited to see what the future has in store for them all.

We've been shortlisted for two Citywealth International Financial Centre Awards - Independent Trust Company of the Year and Guernsey Trust Company of the Year. We are very proud to be recognised for our hard work and "client-first" approach.

Attention graduates and A-level students! Applications are now open for HFL's new trainee scheme - a first-class introduction to the venture capital fund industry. The scheme starts in September, and there is still time to apply!

HFL has built its reputation amongst Venture Capital clients over the last decade. According to Managing Director Matt Westgarth-Smith, it’s a ‘tight-knit’ sector with a specific set of challenges compared to the Private Equity or listed funds space.

Thanks to our combined fiduciary and funds expertise, alongside Guernsey’s flexible structuring options such as its Private Investment Fund (PIF), HFL is perfectly placed to meet the increasingly complex and diverse needs of international families, entrepreneurs and investors.

HFL is enjoying a period of rapid growth and we’ve put our people at the heart of our expansion strategy.
Many of our staff are juggling careers with a busy home life, so we go above and beyond to support them. Here, Stacey Le Page, People & Culture Officer, explains how.

Imogen Oldfield might be one of HFL’s newest recruits, but she already feels at home in the team and has made a positive impact on the business. Having started at year-end, a particularly busy time for HFL’s venture capital funds team, she soon had a good understanding of our client portfolio.