The Board of Jersey Finance Limited has appointed Robert Kirkby as its new Technical Director in succession to David Wild.
Kirkby is currently a Senior Manager within the tax department at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Jersey. He will join Jersey Finance in February 2007.
An MA honours graduate from Cambridge University and a qualified accountant, Kirkby began his financial services career in London in 1995 working for KPMG until 2000. During that time, he worked for the firm in New Zealand and in London.
At PricewaterhouseCoopers he worked in London in their Mergers and Acquisitions Tax Department and moved to Jersey in 2003 joining the firm’s trust and company administration department. During 2004, he was one of only 24 employees chosen from PwC’s Great Britain tax team to attend an accelerated 12 month leadership programme.
“Aside from our role as the official promotional body, the consultation process that is instigated by Jersey Finance and its role as a forum for discussion on the issues affecting the Industry are two of the organisation’s most important tasks,” says Pierre Horsfall, the Chairman of Jersey Finance. “We are delighted to have appointed an experienced professional who, having worked in the Island since 2003 with one of the major professional service firms, has an existing knowledge and understanding of many of the opportunities and challenges that the Island’s Finance Industry has to address. I am sure that our Members will welcome this appointment.”