Board of directors


Ashley Paxton

Non-Executive Director and Chair

Mr Paxton spent the majority of his career with KPMG having retired as partner and its Channel Islands Head of Advisory in 2019. Ashley currently holds a number of non-executive directorships across the financial services sector including a number of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. He also plays an important role in the local third sector. A resident of Guernsey, Ashley is a Fellow of the Institute for Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and holds an Economics degree from the University of Warwick.


Richard Class 

Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Mr Class’ career spans more than thirty years in the financial services sector. During more than a decade at Morgan Stanley, he was Managing Director and Head of EMEA Business Development for Fixed Income, and a portfolio manager for fixed income portfolios with assets totalling €7 billion. Prior to that, he worked for nine years at BG Consulting, a financial services training company and was an executive member of the BG Consulting board for his last three years at the company. He began his career as a fixed income derivatives trader in interest rate and FX products at Rabobank and Morgan Grenfell. He is currently a senior advisor to OptimX, which helps clients to reduce the costs of using financial markets, and is also a senior mentor to junior and senior professionals in the financial services industry. Mr Class has a Mathematics degree from Oxford University and is a resident of the United Kingdom.


Sharon Parr

Senior Independent Director and Chair of Audit Committee

Ms Parr has over 35 years in the finance industry and spent a significant portion of her professional career with Deloitte and Touche in a number of different countries. After a number of years in the audit department, on relocating to Guernsey in 1999 she transferred to their fiduciary and fund management business and, after completing a management buyout and subsequently selling to Barclays Wealth in 2007, she ultimately retired from her role there as Global Head of Wealth Structuring in 2011. Ms Parr holds a number of non-executive directorships across the financial services sector including in other listed funds. Ms Parr is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.


Wendy Dorey 

Non-Executive Director and Chair of Management Engagement Committee

Ms Dorey has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry, working for a number of leading asset managers including Robert Fleming, Friends Ivory & Sime Inc, M&G Securities Limited and BNY Mellon Corporation. She started her career in investment marketing and distribution, winning a number of awards for her campaigns to direct investors and the Intermediary market. She was latterly head of business strategy and planning for M&G, where she led a number of corporate restructuring projects and product development initiatives. Since becoming a resident of Guernsey, Ms Dorey has taken on a portfolio of executive and non-executive roles. This includes being a Director of an investment consulting firm and holding non-executive directorships in a leading Wealth Management firm and an AIM-listed fund. She was also appointed as a Commissioner for the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) from 2015 to November 2024. Ms Dorey is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and qualified as a Chartered Director in 2020. She was, until May 2023, the Chair of the Guernsey Branch of the Institute of Directors.