Guernsey Finance appoints deputy chief executive
GUERNSEY FINANCE has announced the permanent appointment of Andy Sloan, pictured, as deputy chief executive, strategy, as the agency takes a broader role in developing the island’s finance sector.
Dr Sloan has been acting director of strategy at Guernsey Finance, which promotes the financial services sector, on part-time secondment from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission for the past nine months.
He has now joined the agency permanently to oversee development of jurisdictional-wide financial services strategy through Guernsey Finance in line with the role set out in the Committee for Economic Development’s recently-approved economic vision.
‘Dr Sloan complements the strong team at Guernsey Finance, bringing a broad mix of experience in international financial services, strategy regulation, policy and economic expertise,’ said Dominic Wheatley, chief executive of Guernsey Finance.
‘I am delighted he is joining us permanently to develop jurisdictional strategy for finance services to build on the work undertaken by the agency this year.’
Dr Sloan said: ‘In this new role I hope to be able to bring together all stakeholders to focus on a common purpose and provide consistency, coordination and leadership to help drive development of the sector as we move towards 2020.’
In his new position, he will be working with the team at Guernsey Finance, the States of Guernsey, the GFSC, the Guernsey International Business Association – which represents the island’s financial services industry – and sector associations.
Welcoming the appointment, GIBA chairman David Oxburgh said: ‘Andy is well-respected among the Guernsey financial services community and I can think of few other persons as suitable and capable to develop this broader strategy role for Guernsey Finance.’
