Our People

Louise Bracken Smith
Managing Director
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Louise Bracken Smith
Managing Director

Louise is a co-founder and shareholder of the Fairway Group and is Managing Director of Fairway Trust Limited. Louise is lead director for client relationships and ensures that the best team are allocated to each private or corporate structure. This ensures that the quality service that Fairway is known for can be delivered on a timely basis for a reasonable fee. The client base is currently comprised of private and corporate clients including; high net worth individuals, UK resident non-domiciles and more recently Russian and Eastern Europeans. The corporate clients include banking subsidiaries and other Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) and Employee Benefit Schemes (EBTs), and with the leading knowledge of the pension sector in Jersey this enables Fairway to impart their in-house expertise to such clients.

Louise also heads up the entertainment division which includes a number of high profile footballers and worldwide entertainers. Fairway prides itself on its confidentiality and ability to service such a range of clients, and with its ever expanding network of lawyers and tax advisers its client base is well served. Louise is also on the board of a number of fund structures which are predominantly real estate in London, and is focused on ensuring that the corporate governance is maintained offshore. Louise trained as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand, qualifying in 1998 and holds a STEP Diploma.

Alistair Rothwell
Director
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Alistair Rothwell
Director

Alistair is a co founder and shareholder of the Fairway Group and Managing Director of Fairway Fund Services. Alistair is on the board of a number of real estate and private equity funds predominantly in Europe with worldwide investors. Alistair is the lead director for the managed entities which include; Langham Hall Fund Management Limited and Alter Domus Limited two Jersey based fund management companies. Alistair trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with E&Y, where he specialised in financial reporting for special purpose vehicles, funds and Jersey regulated entities such as trust companies and investment business. 

Alistair is also a director of Fairway Trust Limited, which provides trust and company formation services, and he specialises in all local pension products (SIPPs, RATs, Drawdown Contracts).

James Pledger
Director
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James Pledger
Director

James is a director of Fairway Trust Limited, he is the Money Laundering Reporting Officer and Money Laundering Compliance Officer and is responsible for ensuring that the group complies with the local regulations and international standards regarding anti money laundering. James trained with BDO and is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, he is the lead director for fund accounting engagements and special purpose vehicles, and sits on the board for a number of large corporate clients predominantly equity and real estate SPVs.

Carolyn Hopton
Senior Trust Officer
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Carolyn Hopton
Senior Trust Officer

Carolyn carries out the day-to-day administration of the entities which form part of Emirates National Bank of Dubai Trust Company (Jersey) Limited, which is a Trust Company managed by Fairway Fund Services Limited.  The portfolio maintained under this group consists largely of real estate in London and her duties include liaising with relationship managers at Emirates National Bank of Dubai in London and Dubai as well as property managers, lawyers, estate agents and the beneficial owners of the structures themselves. Carolyn also manages a separate portfolio of high-net-worth clients holding both property and investment portfolios. She continues to build solid relationships with well-established tax advisory and asset management firms in various jurisdictions as well as Banks in the UK and Europe. Carolyn has worked in the finance industry for 16 years and has experience of dealing with companies in many jurisdictions as well as Limited Partnerships and Trusts.

Andrew Le Seelleur
Finance & Operations Director
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Andrew Le Seelleur
Finance & Operations Director

Andrew is Finance Director for the Fairway Group. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young in 2000 where he specialised in the provision of audit and assurance services to a wide variety of finance industry clients including funds, special purpose vehicles, banks and trust companies. Andrew is also on the board of Emirates NBD Trust Company (Jersey) Limited, a trust company managed by Fairway Trust Limited, which provides trust and estate planning solutions to high net worth clients of Emirates NBD Bank. He also leads the Client Accounting division which provides bookkeeping, accounting and financial reporting services to a wide range of Fairway clients, reporting under both UK GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards and is also responsible for Fairway’s operational strategy, ensuring that the high standards of client service are maintained.

Rui Marques
Trainee Pension Adminstrator
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Rui Marques
Trainee Pension Adminstrator

Rui joined Fairway in 2010 and has been involved with the pension team since then. Structures Rui is involved with include the formation of SIPPs and RATs.

Christian Falle
Associate Director
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Christian Falle
Associate Director

Christian has ten years' experience in offshore trust and company administration. He has principally  been involved in the establishment of asset holding and financing structures for High Net Worth clients.

Christian’s experience encompasses residential and commercial real estate portfolios, aircraft and super yachts.This has included the transaction management for the acquisition of assets and thereafter, the ongoing asset management.

Previous to Christian’s private clients role, he had experience in the management of real estate and equity funds.

Andrew Heard
Trainee Trust Administrator
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Andrew Heard
Trainee Trust Administrator

Andrew Heard provides invaluable support for the Fairway Trust administration team, he is involved with the company secretarial team and works closely with the trust officers. Andrew organizes the payments for the team, assists with the statutory database and reporting for the managers.

Helen Osmont
Client Accounting Manager
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Helen Osmont
Client Accounting Manager

Helen Osmont heads up the client accounting team in the Fairway Group, she liaises with the auditors where required and ensures that financial statements are produced on a timely basis. Helen has a wide portfolio of client accounts and specializes in the accounting for real estate and special purpose vehicles.

Sara Pereira
Administrator
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Sara Pereira
Administrator

Sara is a trainee trust officer who works in the private client trust department. She is responsible for ensuring client payments are prepared on time and provides an essential support role to the administration teams to ensure an efficient service can be maintained.

Philippa Davidson
Assistant Compliance Manager
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Philippa Davidson
Assistant Compliance Manager

Philippa provides compliance support to the Compliance Manager for the Fairway Group and to the Board of Directors.

Philippa has been working within trust and fund administration since 2006 after studying for a BA Hons in History at Oxford Brookes University. She has the Certificate in Fund Administration and the International Compliance Association Diploma in Compliance.

Whilst Philippa is involved with all aspects of compliance for the Group, her specialist focus is on the fund services business clients and the on-boarding of complex structures.

Kelly Bird
Client Accountant
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Kelly Bird
Client Accountant

Kelly recently joined Fairway Trust and has worked in the finance industry for eighteen years, with a background in both company administration and client accounting – ensuring she brings an intelligent and common sense approach to her job Kelly is working within Fairway’s client accounting team and specialises in the preparation of financial statements for high net worth clients with trusts and companies holding both property and investment portfolios.

Kelly is currently studying towards her ACCA qualification and should hopefully qualify this year.

Harriet Johnson-Deeley
Junior Compliance Administrator
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Harriet Johnson-Deeley
Junior Compliance Administrator

Harriet works in the compliance department and is responsible for assisting the compliance team in ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements of the Fairway Group. She also works daily in support of the administration teams with regards to compliance related matters.

Harriet is studying towards the ICA Advanced Certificate in Compliance and holds a B.A. (Hons.) International Relations degree from the University of Sussex.

Barbara Partyka
Finance and HR Manager
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Barbara Partyka
Finance and HR Manager

Barbara has recently joined the Fairway Group and is responsible for developing and managing human resources policies and initiatives across the business as well as providing support to Finance Director.

Barbara has a Masters Degree in Human Resources Management from the Faculty of Economics of University of Gdańsk in Poland and Bachelors Degree in Marketing and Management from the Higher School of Business - National-Louis University, the Faculty in Tarnów in Poland. She is currently studying towards her ACCA qualification.Barbara has wide experience in a number of industries.  She started in retail as HR Manager’s Assistant at IKEA and then continued her career in Human Resources as HR Executive in Operations Restructure of the Welsh Assembly Government. When she swapped Welsh coast for Jersey, she's joined Finance Department of online retailer Play.com.

Mark Grenyer
Director
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Mark Grenyer
Director

Mark is a Director of Fairway Fund Services and is responsible for the Fairway Group’s fund services proposition.

Mark is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, having graduated from Bournemouth University in 2007 with an MSc in Corporate Governance and ICSA Professional status and brings a strong governance background and client centric focus to the Group.

Prior to joining Fairway, Mark has gained considerable fiduciary experience working in varied roles within the Fund departments of major international corporations and, more recently, a local boutique fund service provider.

As well as sitting on the Board of Fairway Fund Services, Mark will also act as a Director to Fund structure vehicles and their subsidiaries, and takes a keen interest in real estate and private equity structures.

Nicole Stower
Pensions & Funds Manager
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Nicole Stower
Pensions & Funds Manager

Nicole joined the Fairway Group in February 2013 as Pensions and Funds Manager. She is currently focusing her attention on the Pension aspect of our business, providing managerial support to the administration team and under taking special projects for the Pensions director.

Nicole has over 20 years’ experience in the finance industry within the areas of Custody, Business Analysis, Project Management and Custody Client Services for Funds. She has the Investment Advice Qualification and Certificate in Fund Administration.

Connor Conneely
Trainee Administrator
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Connor Conneely
Trainee Administrator

Being both eager and enthusiastic Connor strives for personnel and professional growth having studied in the UK and USA to attain a BA Hons in International Business, as well as currently studying towards his Diploma in the Institute of Charted Secretaries and Administrators.

Connor's role within the Trust and Corporate functions of the Fairway Group, is to assist in the day-to-day administration of Companies and that of the Trustees' duties;  whilst striving to insure a positive and efficient service.

Outside of the work Connor is keen to actively get involved within the local community, participating in charitable events with the most recent activities including the MacMillian Cancer Rowathon; Jersey Hospice Dragon Boat Racing and the 48 mile island ITEX Walk.

Jackie Highfield
Assistant Manager
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Jackie Highfield
Assistant Manager

Jackie joined Fairway Trust Company from one of Jersey’s leading fiduciary service providers. She has fourteen years’ experience in the offshore finance industry working in institutional and corporate administration.

Jackie specialises in real estate administration for both high net worth individuals and corporations. She has also worked on the establishment of asset holding and financing structures.

Peter Culnane
Director
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Peter Culnane
Director

Peter joined the Fairway Group in 2012 as the lead director for Fairway’s pensions business, having founded and headed-up the pensions business of another Jersey-based trust company for 7 years. Peter graduated initially as an engineer and then as an Army Officer from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, serving a total of 5 years with HM Forces. Peter entered the finance industry in 1997 with a London-based private client stockbroking firm, before moving to Jersey in 2000. Over the past 16 years, Peter has accumulated substantial experience within the UK, Jersey and international pension arenas, with his background in investment management, international financial planning and as a pension trustee being an ideal foundation to his leading role.

Peter’s expertise spans the personal and corporate pension markets, including the structuring of multi-jurisdictional pension schemes and international pension transfers. Peter is a Member of the Securities & Investments Institute and is an Associate of the Institute of Financial Planning. In 2003, Peter became the first Certified Financial Planner in the Channel Islands and has also represented both the domestic and international pensions industry in Jersey, as a key member of numerous Working Groups responsible for advising the States of Jersey in relation to legislative change.

When not at work Peter likes making the most of Jersey’s lifestyle, with his young family. He also enjoys coastal racing as a member of the Jersey Rowing Club and is a keen skier.