Guernsey Finance appoints island's State financial services lead to its board

Guernsey Finance has appointed to its board Nick Moakes, who is financial services lead for the States of Guernsey’s Committee for Economic Development.

His new role which will provide additional support to the board of the island’s promotional agency for financial services.

He joins Paul Sykes, Kate Storey, deputy Steve Falla, Guernsey Finance chief executive Rupert Pleasant, deputy chief Executive Barnaby Molloy, deputy chairman Kevin Boscher and current chairman deputy Lyndon Trott.

Originally based in London, Moakes spent 25 years working for companies including Visa and American Express. He is the current chair of the Finance Sector Forum and regularly represents Guernsey, both here and abroad, in his external relations role.

Moakes said: “I am passionate about our financial services sector, so I am thrilled to be joining the board of Guernsey Finance. I will continue to speak up for the sector and represent it both locally and internationally.”

Guernsey Finance’s chief executive, Rupert Pleasant, said that he was delighted to welcome Nick to the board: “Nick brings a wealth of expertise to the table across multiple facets of the financial services sector.

“I am thrilled to welcome him to the board, and I am sure his expertise will enable us to further Guernsey’s hard-earned reputation as a competitive financial services centre.”