Board of directors
Ashley Paxton
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
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
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
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.