Key People
Brian Clarke
Group Chairman, ASIP. TEP.
As Founding Director, Brian combines responsibility for the business development of the Key Group with ensuring that the activities of the subsidiary companies remain relevant to the ever-changing financial services marketplace. He maintains an emphasis on clients receiving service continuity, delivered by a strong professional team that supports the Group’s business model of personal service and fee transparency.
Mark Hucker
Managing Director, BA. FCA.
Mark’s primary responsibility as Managing Director is to develop Key’s business so that we continue to provide a superior service tailored specifically to each client’s particular needs.
A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and with experience across a range of sectors and disciplines, Mark’s previous senior management roles have included six years in the alternative assets sector with a focus on managing investment and operational risk – a subject that is close to the hearts of many of our clients.
As Client Company Director with overall responsibility for client services, he is free to act decisively and independently on each board. Mark is fully committed to maintaining the cornerstones of the Key ethos: excellence, focus and care, with long-term quality relationships.
Richard Taylor
Compliance Officer, AICA. ACIB.
With more than 35 years’ experience in the financial services sector, Richard brings invaluable knowledge and expertise to his role as Client Company Director. This experience enables him to contribute actively to the decision-making process on company boards – and at the same time to help protect our clients from financial and operational risk. Richard’s position as Key Group Compliance Officer also puts him in an excellent position to confirm that our clients’ entities continue to meet all relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
Richard is qualified as an Associate of the Institute of Bankers and has worked in the banking, trust and fund administration sectors. He has lived in Jersey for over 30 years.
David Williams
Director (Non-Exec ), FCA.
Previously with Deloittes for many years, David brings his extensive experience as a Chartered Accountant and knowledgeable compliance director to the boards of Key Trust Company and our holding company Key Wealth Care, where he provides valuable input to the decision making process.
John Perkins
Director, TEP.
John’s principal role is as part of the team dedicated to serving clients’ best interests. A Director of Key Trust Company, his responsibilities include providing a personal service, which involves travelling to meet clients and their professional advisors in different jurisdictions.
He is a member of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners, and has more than 30 years’ experience in the finance industry.
Paul Sewell
Director, FCIS. TEP.
With a primary responsibility for our family office service, Paul manages a number of very significant structures, providing a truly dedicated, personal service to our private clients. Paul is also involved in specific business development ventures at Key, which will broaden the capability of the Group and provide greater opportunities for clients.
A Director of Key Trust Company, and with experience gained with Deloittes and Citigroup, Paul has worked in the finance industry in Jersey for some twenty five years. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators as well as a Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Richard Poingdestre
Director, MICA.
Richard is our clients’ main point of contact for the day-to-day activities of Trusts, Companies and Foundations under our administration. With over 30 years’ experience in the finance industry, he is well able to provide a highly professional and personal service.
As well as a Director of Key Trust Company, Richard is also a member of the International Compliance Association.
Colin Cavill
Associate Director, TEP
With considerable finance industry experience, Colin will be known to many of our professional partners – and to clients – having been Senior Partner of a major broking partnership. Over the years he has been instrumental in taking a number of firms from a modest beginning to prominence.
Colin joined us as an Associate Director of Key Trust at an important stage in our own development, to bring his investment and business experience to our Family Office services. He has responsibility for a large and particularly complex family structure, which seems to have welded him to his BlackBerry!
Dionne Maher
Director, TEP.
Dionne has overall responsibility for the development and management of Key Financial Reporting Limited (KFR), which specialises in ‘outsourcing services’. She is responsible for managing the customer relationship with fiduciary firms who use KFR to provide their back office services, and directing our service teams.
Dionne holds the International STEP Diploma in Trust Management and also brings administration expertise to her role, having worked in the finance industry in both Switzerland and Jersey for more than twenty years.
Clare Guillaume
Associate Director, Dip. ICSA. TEP.
Clare provides administration services on behalf of various structures, and also interacts on a personal basis with clients and their professional advisors. She has over 19 years’ experience in the finance industry in Jersey and the Isle of Man.
An Associate Director of Key Trust Company, Clare has obtained the Diploma of the Institution of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and is working towards the full professional qualification. She already has her Diploma in International Trust Management, enabling her to become a Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Matthew Machon
Manager, Dip (Accounting). TEP.
As one of our specialist Managers, Matthew is in regular contact with clients and their professional advisors, providing administration and accounting services across the range of structures that we offer.
An experienced administration manager with a Diploma in International Trust Management and fifteen years’ experience in the finance industry, he is also a Member of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners.
Adele Mason
Manager, Dip. ICSA
Adele provides administration services in relation to various structures, working closely with Paul Sewell to deliver a seamless service while interacting on a personal basis with clients and their professional advisors.
She has more than eight years' experience in the finance industry, has obtained the Diploma of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and is working towards the full professional qualification.
Julie Blampied
Manager, TEP.
Julie holds the Diploma in International Trust Management of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, having passed with distinction in 2003.
She has been working in the trust industry, actively involved in administration services at a senior level for over ten years.
Her experience with complex family structures gives her wide understanding of multi generational private wealth management.
Emilie Fosse
Manager's Assistant
Emilie joined us in October 2008 working as a Manager’s Assistant to Clare Guillaume, a role that is a new step for us. Sufficient time has now elapsed for us to know that this was a good decision because Emilie has proven to be a bright and helpful team member.
We look forward to her career developing with us as she gains both experience and qualifications.
Rebecca Weston
Manager, Dip (ITM)
Rebecca carries out management administration of a large Family Office client as a Manager in Colin Cavill’s team. She holds the diploma in International Trust Management from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and brings ten years’ experience to her role.
Fiona Subasinghe
Group Secretary and Office Manager
PA to Directors Brian Clarke, Mark Hucker and John Perkins, Fiona has been with the Key Group since inception. Her role continues to expand as the business grows.
Today she provides secretarial assistance to the Group as a whole, and is responsible for the smooth running of the Office. As first point of contact on reception she enjoys establishing a rapport with our clients and professional contacts alike.
Sue Parrott
Accounts Manager, MAAT
Having previously worked with us on a contract basis, Sue enjoyed both the work and the Company so much she has now joined us on a permanent basis as an accounts preparer.
Sue is a Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians and will help us maintain the high level of accounting we seek to deliver to our clients. With her bubbly personality she has already fitted in extremely well as a member of the team.
Graham Bisson
Administrator
As our business has grown, we have needed more support in many different ways, including filing, scanning and messenger services. Graham fills these gaps, bringing with him the necessary experience in these and the various other tasks that he carries out for the company and colleagues.
Graham was already well known to several of us in the office before he joined. His exceptional organisational and administrative abilities have helped us to improve our general efficiency.



