Rathbone Investment Management International has appointed two Non-Executive Directors to its Jersey board – Charles Clarke and Heather Bestwick.
Charles, who joins the firm as Non-Executive Chairman, replaces the recently retired Gregor Allan, who has been with Rathbones for more than 15 years in non-executive positions.
A Chartered Accountant, Charles has had a career with KPMG spanning almost 30 years. He worked in London and Asia before relocating to Jersey to focus on financial sector audit work.
He then became Senior Partner, also leading the sale of the fiduciary business and the grouping of KPMG firms in offshore jurisdictions.
For the past 15 years, Charles has acted as an independent NED across companies including SG Kleinwort Hambros, Phoenix Group, Ports of Jersey, Aberdeen Asian Income Fund and Thomas & Dessain, from where he runs a corporate governance consultancy.
A lawyer by profession, Heather has spent more than a decade with Walkers, in Cayman and latterly as Managing Partner of the Jersey office, following eight years with Norton Rose in London and Greece.
More recently, she has served three years as Deputy CEO with Jersey Finance, working with the finance industry, government and regulator to enhance Jersey’s financial services offering.
Pictured (l-r): Gregor Allan, Heather Bestwick, Charles Clarke