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Our Team

HFL is its people. We have a strong team ethos; that’s why we can tackle challenges and move quickly - we work together and share our collective expertise.

Meet some of the people who can help you reach your goals.

Grant Dowinton

Grant Dowinton

Senior Operations Officer

Grant is a seasoned Senior Operations Officer with over 20 years of experience. He excels in bridging the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring seamless communication and project success. Known for his analytical prowess and problem-solving skills, he has successfully led numerous projects that have significantly improved organizational performance.

Richard Babbe

Richard Babbe

Non-Executive Director

Richard is HFL’s independent Non-Executive Director. He has been on the board of HFL Limited for over 20 years and as the founder of a leading offshore legal practice, he brings a wealth of experience to team.

Kristy Webber

Kristy Webber

Fund Administration Senior Manager

Kristy co-leads our busy fund administration team, working with venture capital fund clients that range from tech start-ups to pre-IPO stage organisations. Whilst no two days are the same, she is also focused on making HFL the leading VC firm in Guernsey.

Sintija Tomina

Sintija Tomina

Trainee Trust Administrator

Sintija administers Trusts and Companies and has a variety of tasks based on different structures and requirements. She is always happy to assist other team members with their tasks.

Lawrence Stacey

Lawrence Stacey

Senior Business Support Analyst

Lawrence is a Senior Business Support Analyst at HFL. Lawrence’s primary focus in his role is onboarding investors for HFL’s Fund and Trust clients, which involves collating the relevant customer due diligence, performing screening, and conducting risk assessments.

Bradley Ford

Bradley Ford

Fund Accounting Manager

Brad is a Manager in the VC fund accounting team. He works closely with clients and his team to produce high quality financial reporting and other performance metrics across a large variety of different Funds as well as being a key point of contact.

Charlotte Parfit

Charlotte Parfit

Senior Fund Administrator

Charlotte is a Senior Administrator within the Fund Admin team, Charlotte liaises directly with a large number of investment advisors, lawyers and founders to process a high level of fund investments within the venture capital space, seeing the investments through from initial legal review to funding.

Laura Devonshire

Laura Devonshire

Business Support Assistant Manager

Laura is Assistant Manager for the Business Support team at HFL and is responsible for risk assessing both fund and fiduciary clients whilst helping to manage the team’s workloads. Laura is also actively involved in improving HFL’s onboarding procedures and works closely with the Compliance team to ensure regulatory requirements are met.

Carla Brun

Carla Brun

Senior Trust Administrator

Carla is responsible for managing the administration of Trusts and Companies, which involves overseeing the day-to-day management of assets. With a strong focus on detail and client service, Carla helps to ensure that Trusts and Companies are administered in a smooth and efficient manner to achieve their intended purpose

Chloe Galsworthy

Chloe Galsworthy

Fund Accountant

Chloe is an accountant within the fund accounts team, responsible for the initial preparation of financial reporting and responding to ad-hoc queries for our clients.

Michelle Mauger

Michelle Mauger

Senior Office Administrator

Michelle is HFL’s Senior Office Administrator and is usually the first person our clients and intermediaries meet when they visit our office. Michelle liaises with many of our suppliers and looks after the whole HFL team.

Charlotte Hill

Charlotte Hill

Brand and Marketing Manager

As the Brand and Marketing Manager at HFL, Charlotte is responsible for driving brand strategy and marketing initiatives to raise awareness of the company and fuel growth in an increasingly competitive market. Charlotte works closely with external agencies to create marketing campaigns that adhere to brand guidelines and support the company's goals.

Adelaide Allen

Adelaide Allen

Senior People & Culture Administrator

Adelaide supports the organisations HR functions and is responsible for HFL’s recruitment. She acts as a first point of contact for employees and a friendly welcoming face for new employees.

Emma Bailey

Emma Bailey

Head of Governance Risk and Compliance

Emma as compliance officer, MLCO, and MLRO, helps to ensure that HFL meets its legal and regulatory obligations by advising all the areas of the business on matters of regulatory risk. Emma adopts a pragmatic approach and enjoys finding creative, yet compliant, solutions to suit the firm and its clients.

Millie Falla

Millie Falla

Trainee Fund Accountant

Millie is responsible for preparing financial reporting along with responding with ADHOC requests from our clients. Millie also helps to train the new team members and works hard to meet the daily deadlines.

Marina Mauger

Marina Mauger

Executive Director

Marina is an Executive Director at HFL and leverages her wealth of experience in the private client industry to lead our private client administration and accounting teams. Marina also oversees our compliance and business support teams.

Natalie Le Noury

Natalie Le Noury

Senior Compliance Administrator

Natalie is a senior compliance administrator and is involved with testing internal procedures and processes, to ensure that the company is compliant with its own policies and legislation.

Imogen Oldfield

Imogen Oldfield

Fund Accounting Senior Manager

Imogen is a Senior Manager in our venture capital team. She works closely with HFL’s clients, reviewing management accounts and investment schedules to ensure they have the information they need to respond quickly to investment opportunities.

James Legge

James Legge

Executive Director

James is an Executive Director at HFL responsible for both the finance function and the Business Development Strategy of both the Trust and Fund Administration sides of the business.

Hollie Read

Hollie Read

Fund Administrator

Hollie is an administrator within the fund administration team, Hollie provides day to day administration to a number of UK based Venture Capital fund structures and holds a high level of knowledge in terms of back office data input and collation.

Matthew Lomas-Lloyd

Matthew Lomas-Lloyd

Fund Administrator

Matt is a Fund Administrator in the Fund Administration team at HFL, he is responsible for handling the operational efficiency of a fund by managing tasks such as reporting, compliance, payment, and investor services.

Holly Pearson

Holly Pearson

Fund Administration Manager

Holly is responsible for the day to day administration within the fund administration team, and acts as the first point of contact for clients.

Matt Westgarth-Smith

Matt Westgarth-Smith

Managing Director

Matt is the Managing Director of HFL. Matt steers the ship, leading the business and driving our strategy forward. He is also actively involved with our clients, providing guidance and support as well as sitting on several client boards.

Abbie Hewlett

Abbie Hewlett

Executive Director

Abbie is an Executive Director of HFL Limited; she is Head of People and Operations as well as working closely with our Fund clients and sitting on several of fund client boards.

Alex Setters

Alex Setters

Fund Administration Assistant Manager

Alex is an Assistant Manager within the Fund Admin team; Alex leads on a variety of clients and third parties to ensure their smooth day-to-day running.

Claire Le Page

Claire Le Page

Finance Operations Executive

Claire is HFL's Finance Operations Executive and is responsible for keeping the company's day to day finances running smoothly. With a sharp eye for detail and a calm and collected approach, Claire ensures our finances stay on track.

Siubhan Groves

Siubhan Groves

Head of Business Operations

Siubhan oversees the operational activities of the business. She is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the company, maintaining systems, ensuring information and data security and reliability. Siubhan also leads on projects for HFL.

Lynn Hanley

Lynn Hanley

Client Services Director

Lynn is responsible for efficient client services within the fiduciary team, responding quickly to our clients’ day-to-day requests and meeting their daily deadlines. She also manages the HFL trust team’s workload and ad hoc projects.

Monica Camara

Monica Camara

Fund Accounting Manager

Monica is a Manager in the venture capital fund accounting team. She works closely with HFL’s VC clients on day-to-day business, ensuring high quality financial reporting is provided to our clients.

Gerry Ashplant

Gerry Ashplant

Risk & Compliance Senior Manager

Gerry assists the named Compliance Officer to provide day-to-day compliance and guidance to the different business areas. The compliance team work closely with the operations team and other staff to ensure that HFL meets its legal and regulatory requirements.

Megan Thomas

Megan Thomas

Director

Megan leads HFL’s venture capital fund accounting team. She is a Director on several client boards and works closely with our VC clients on day-to-day business as well as setting up new fund structures.

Rebecca Large

Rebecca Large

Fund Accounting Senior Manager

Rebecca is a Fund Accounting Senior Manager focused on our venture capital clients. She is on hand to assist HFL’s clients and she oversees the fund accounting team, reviewing management accounts and investment schedules.

Alice Meerveld

Alice Meerveld

Associate Director

Alice assists with leading the HFL’s venture capital fund accounting team. She is a Director on several client boards and works closely with our VC clients on day-to-day business.

Holly Ingrouille

Holly Ingrouille

Fund Accounting Senior Manager

Holly is a key point of contact for several VC clients on the accounting side, providing support for quarterly reporting and ad-hoc queries.

Jamie Jenner

Jamie Jenner

Fund Accounting Manager

Jamie is responsible for key client services within the Fund Accounting team, solving ad-hoc requests and queries, as well as ensuring high quality financial reporting is provided to our clients. He also looks after the exam pathways for trainees in HFL’s accounts team.

Max Hamon

Max Hamon

Head of Strategic Technology and Innovation

Max is responsible for driving our technology strategy, working closely with our Head of Business Change. Max identifies innovative technology solutions to drive efficiencies and ensure that HFL is able to offer a best-in-class service for our clients.

Serena Queripel

Serena Queripel

Head of Business Change

Serena works alongside our Head of Strategic Technology and Change, and our department leads, to implement changes in technology and procedure for the benefit of clients and staff. In addition, she also retains client facing responsibilities, consulting internally and with clients to provide solutions to complex matters.

Vanessa Fletcher

Vanessa Fletcher

Trust Manager

As a Manager in our fiduciary team, Vanessa’s duties include administering a portfolio of clients, authorising transactions and supporting and training her team of three whilst also working on special projects for HFL.

Nigel Westgarth

Nigel Westgarth

Non-Executive Chairman

Nigel is our Non-Executive Chairman and Founder. He has been involved in the business and its forerunner since 1984 and was Managing Director until 2018. Nigel brings over four decades of experience in the private wealth sector.

Alanna Symphorien

Alanna Symphorien

Fund Accounting Assistant Manager

Alanna is an Assistant Manager at HFL. She works on HFL’s Venture Capital clients, preparing the documents for financial reporting each quarter and ensuring high quality information is provided to our clients.

Emma Sparks

Emma Sparks

Senior Trust Accounting Officer

Emma is responsible for the timely preparation of the Fiduciary client accounts within the designated deadlines.

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