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
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.

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.

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.

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
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
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

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.

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.

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.

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
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
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.