Three senior appointments

Tuesday 28 April 2020

Sovereign Trust (Channel Islands) Limited has made two senior appointments and promoted another member of staff to its Board.

Sean Gillease joined the company as Business Development Manager in 2017 and now takes up his role as a director.

Jo Smeed has joined Sovereign as International Employee Benefits Executive. She will work from Sovereign’s Guernsey office, but her role will be a group one promoting and developing the range of international employee benefit solutions the group provides including international pensions and savings plans, insurance and wealth planning solutions for corporate clients.

Richard Pink has also joined with responsibility for the management and day to day administration of all Occupational pensions. 

These senior appointments have been made in response to "increased demand for occupational pensions business from local employers and international employee benefit solutions from current and new international corporate clients, particularly in respect of international pension and savings plans".

Commenting on the recent appointments, Stephen Hare - MD of Sovereign Trust (CI) Limited, said: "We are delighted to continue to add quality, experienced staff to the Sovereign team. Sean’s promotion to the Board and the additions of Jo and Richard demonstrate our continued commitment to growing our pensions business in Guernsey. We continue to invest into staff and systems that will allow us to best service this ever-growing area of our business.”

Pictured: Sean Gillease.