People Moves
Saffery Champness Registered Fiduciries Makes A Raft Of Promotions
The changes take place in a business first established in Guernsey in 1977, and which has subsequently set up a presence in jurisdictions including Dubai and Switzerland.
Saffery Champness Registered Fiduciaries has made eight
promotions, including Rory Jones and Tracey Bufton, both elevated
to assistant trust managers, along with Josephine Champion who
has been promoted to senior trust officer.
The changes take place in a business first established in
Guernsey in 1977; it set up shop in Switzerland in 2008, in the
Dubai International Financial Centre in 2018, and launched a
Cayman offering in June 2020.
Jones, who joined as a trust administrator 12 years ago, has a
diverse client portfolio, including prominent ultra-high net
worth individuals.
Bufton, who has worked at Saffery Champness
for more than 10 years, also joined as a trust administrator in
2011. She is responsible for a wide variety of UHNW clients
including professional sportspersons, marketing companies and
entities focused on UK property investment and development. She
has significant experience of working with private office
structures for Russian families and individuals. Bufton – a
qualified chartered secretary – was admitted as an associate of
the Chartered Governance Institute in 2019.
Josephine Champion has been with the firm since 2019, with seven
years’ experience in the fiduciary industry. She works within one
of the firm’s core trust teams, administering complex structures
for families and corporate clients. Prior to joining Saffery
Champness, she was at a bank-owned trust company where she
managed and administered structures for HNW individuals in a
variety of jurisdictions, particularly in the Middle East.
Champion is a full member of STEP, having passed the STEP Diploma
in International Trust Management at the beginning of 2019.
As well as the above, Saffery Champness has announced the
following promotions:
-- Will Booth, trust officer;
-- Joe Wright, TO;
-- Katie Taylor, people and culture officer;
-- Laura Bean, senior trust administrator; and
-- Megan Chipperfield, senior trust administrator.