OUR OBJECTIVES
Guernsey Association of Pension Providers (GAPP) originally formed in 1990 as the Guernsey Association of Pension Funds is an association of members operating pension arrangements and other forms of provision for retirement in Guernsey. It is also open to trustees and others with an interest in pension arrangements.
Our objectives include the promotion of pension issues and a sharing of knowledge and it makes representations as appropriate to States bodies and the Guernsey Financial Services Commission on pension matters.
GAPP is a Guernsey Registered Non Profit Organisation.
OUR HISTORY
In 1990 there was no forum for Companies to come together to discuss pension provision. The Guernsey Association of Pension Funds (GAPF) was therefore formed with this in mind. The Association has grown substantially in recent years with some 53 companies registered in Guernsey now being members. In 2009 GAPF changed it’s name to GAPP to reflect the changing pension environment.
Represent
Making representations to and liaising with States Departments and other bodies or organisations concerned or connected with pension arrangements.
Share
Providing a forum for mutual exchange of ideas relating to the provision of Pension Arrangements in Guernsey.
Promote
Promoting pension arrangements established in Guernsey.
Connect
Fostering links with similar associations in other jurisdictions on matters of mutual interest.
The
Committee
Stephen Ainsworth
Chairman
[email protected]Stephen is the Senior Partner of the BWCI Group. He is also a past Chairman of Abelica Global, the international organisation of consultants and actuaries and is a member of its Council.
He has had extensive experience of advising clients over the whole range of the Group’s business. He specialises in international work and presented an award winning paper on international pension plans to the International Association of Consulting Actuaries in 2002. In addition to advising a wide range of insurance and pensions clients of his own, he is also responsible for chairing each of the Group’s operating subsidiaries. Stephen also holds a number of non-executive directorships for Guernsey based insurance companies and employee benefit trusts. He is a past President of the Channel Islands Actuarial Association.
Stephen became a Partner of the Group upon its establishment in 1979, and has been Senior Partner since 1991. Before joining the Group, Stephen spent six years with Bacon & Woodrow in the UK, where he qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1977. He is a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute, the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Royal Society of Arts and is a Trust and Estate Practitioner.
Greg Spencer
Honorary Treasurer
[email protected]Greg is Honorary Treasurer of GAPP and is the Learning & Development Manager for the BWCI Group. Greg had more than 25 years Trust Company experience working in the UK before moving to Guernsey in 2001, since when he has performed a number of different management roles for the BWCI Group.
Greg is a Chartered Associate of the Institute of Financial Services.
John Lewis
Executive Committee Member
[email protected]John Lewis is a lawyer with over 30 years' experience and particular expertise in pensions and insurance, acting mainly for employers and pension trustees. He is a Guernsey Advocate and partner in the Corporate practice group of Mourant Ozannes in Guernsey, where he advises on a broad range of financial services, corporate and finance matters.
Before moving to Guernsey in 2002, John worked in the UK and Australia for leading law firms Allen & Overy and Minter Ellison as well as for ING Bank as an in-house lawyer. John has sat on the GAPP committee for several years and is a member of the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA)
Roger Berry
Executive Committee Member
[email protected]Roger is Managing Director of the Concept Group Limited. Roger has 28 years of fiduciary and accountancy experience.
Roger is a qualified accountant and sits on a number of Guernsey Pension Committees.
Andrew Bannier
Committee Member
[email protected]Andrew is Head of Pensions for FNB International Trustees. He is a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute and earned an ACIB during his early career in banking and offshore funds.
Andrew has significant international experience having worked overseas for 15 years.
Ian Robinson
Committee Member
[email protected]Ian has worked in the pension industry for over 30 years. He works as a consultant for Utmost Worldwide advising their occupational pension division. He has a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors and is a member of the Securities Institute.
Anna Gray
Executive Committee Member
[email protected]Anna has over 13 years’ experience as a pensions specialist, having trained and worked for many years as a pensions solicitor at a major City law firm and subsequently in Guernsey. Anna is currently a director of Trireme and Cavendish, which are part of the PraxisIFM Group.
She has a particular interest in legal, regulatory and governance matters impacting pensions, having worked for the UK Pensions Regulator and assisted the GFSC in the early stages of the development of rules for pensions and gratuity schemes.
Lisa Barnett
Executive Committee Member
[email protected]Lisa is a member of the GAPP committee with 26 years’ experience in Fiduciary Wealth Management. She is Managing Director of RBC Wealth Management Guernsey, which involves leading the International Pensions and Savings business.
Born in Guernsey, Lisa obtained a business and law undergraduate degree from the University of Leicester. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (FCIS) and Trust and Estate Practitioners -TEP
Nick Donnithorne
Executive Committee Member
[email protected]Nick has over 20 years’ experience as a pensions lawyer. He worked in international City law firms for more than 15 years before moving to Guernsey in 2011. His core practice remains focussed on pension plans but now extends more broadly across commercial, private and pensions trusts. He advises international financial institutions, governments and government bodies, commercial trust companies, family offices and other professional advisers in the industry. He is widely recognised for his in-depth knowledge of pensions.
Sean Gillease
Executive Committee Member
[email protected]Sean is a Director of Sovereign Trust (Channel Islands) Limited, the Guernsey based operation of the Sovereign Group.
Sean has worked in the pensions industry in Guernsey for more than ten years, during which time he has dealt with a mix of domestic and international pensions business for both corporate and individual clients.
Rob Shipman
Executive Committee Member
[email protected]Rob is a specialist in cross border international employee benefits and trusts specifically for US persons, South Africans and UK residents and UK expatriates. Having developed a number of high profile employee benefit products over the last sixteen years in a number of international finance centres for individuals and corporate clients.
Professionally full member of STEP, Chartered Management Institute, Institute of Directors, and the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.
Damian Wallen
Honorary Secretary
[email protected]Damian is a Senior Consultant for Rossborough Financial Services Limited.
Damian has worked in the finance sector for over 20 years and has a wealth of experience and expertise on the local pension and corporate financial services market and in his role as Senior Consultant has responsibility for the provision of advice and services to both Guernsey private and corporate clients on pension and employee benefit solutions.