PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has promoted 17 staff in its Guernsey and Jersey offices to managerial and senior managerial roles.
The Jersey office has promoted five new senior managers and five new managers, while there is a new senior assurance manager and six new managers in the Guernsey office.
Michael Carpenter has been named a senior manger in Guernsey. He works particularly with real estate funds, alternative investment funds, fund managers and captive insurance.
The Guernsey office managers include Oliver de la Fosse who will focus on assurance and Sevdalina Magson, Jonathan Mauger, David Davies, Jonathan Marshall, and Geraldine Forde who will all specialise in audit and assurance.
Valarie Johnston has also joined PwC Guernsey as a manager in the tax team. Johnston, who works with a wide variety of financial services firms, has been with PwC since 2005 and moves to the Channel Islands from the US firm’s office in Minneapolis.
In Jersey, the five members of staff being promoted to senior manager are Owen Woolgar and Mark Hunter who will be part of the advisory team and Toby Venables, Trudy Dillon, and Iain Tait who will all specialise in assurance.
Those being made managers in the Jersey office are Chris Hopwood who will focus on assurance and Viane Fredricks, Kirsty Boyle, Randi Hannon, and Karolina Nawrociak who will all specialise in audit and assurance.
Brendan McMahon, senior partner of PwC Channel Islands, said: “Responding to the needs of our clients, PwC is committed to ensuring that we provide supportive expertise quickly and effectively. Not only to support clients in meeting the regulatory challenges, but to advise on operational enhancements required to convert opportunities in new markets.”
“Continually strengthening our managerial team’s capabilities with rising talent is therefore vital. It is exciting to recognise and reward the abilities and achievements of colleagues in the islands in this way, and give them an opportunity to realise their full potential and support the island’s future economic growth.”
Image, pictured left to right: Randi Hannon, Viane Fredricks, Trudy Dillon, Karolina Nawrociak, Kirsty Boyle and Toby Venables.
