Citywealth IFC Awards 2027
Judges
Karen Jones
Karen founded Citywealth after a career at News International, The Times, and Sunday Times in the legal, financial and recruitment sections. She also ran the Legalease flagship title Legal Business/Asia Pacific Legal 500, and launched Legal Business Awards and Legal 500 events.
She founded Citywealth in 2005 and her work as a Citywealth founder and CEO was recognised by multiple awards, having gained no less than eleven Stevie awards in total, with four gold awards amongst these – Female Entrepreneur of the Year (2017) , Most Innovative Woman of the Year – Business Services (2023) and Woman of the Year – Business Services (2024). The growing development of the Powerwomen Awards USA was recognised by another gold Stevie award in the Achievement in International Expansion category in 2024.
Karen’s contributions to business were also noted by the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry SME London Business Awards, presenting her with a silver Business Woman of the Year award in 2024.
Aidan Davin
Aidan is the Managing Director of JTC Trustees (Isle of Man) Limited, where he leads a team of 40+ professionals in the delivery of fiduciary services to their UHNWI client base. After 20 years with RBS / Coutts in London and the Isle of Man, he joined and co-founded Equiom Group where he served in several roles, including as C.O.O. of their Crown Dependencies offices.
Aidan joined JTC Group in 2021 and brings extensive client relationship experience to the team, he specialises in structuring a range of asset classes including real estate and luxury assets.
Emily Dawson
Emily Dawson leads Private Banking for Investec in the Channel Islands, bringing over 20 years of experience in financial services. She is passionate about building trusted relationships and helping clients navigate complex financial decisions with clarity and confidence.
Emily Osborne
Emily provides international tax and private wealth advice to families and trustees of family trusts on a variety of issues. Her areas of expertise include establishing wealth preservation structures such as offshore trusts, foundations and companies, family governance and business succession planning, advice on residence and domicile, the reporting of beneficial ownership and structuring the acquisition and ownership of UK residential property.
Many of Emily’s clients are international, meaning much of her work has a cross border element, and entrepreneurial, requiring her to advise on both the business and personal aspects of her clients’ lives.
Jessica Coutts
Jessica Coutts is Group CEO of Charterhouse Lombard Limited, leading the business across its Isle of Man and Dubai offices. She is responsible for the overall direction of the group and the delivery of private wealth, trust and corporate services to an international client base.
Having spent over 20 years with the firm, Jessica has developed extensive experience in client relationships and complex cross border structures. With a background in accounting and fiduciary services, she specialises in supporting multi-generational families, family offices and corporate clients, with a particular focus on governance, wealth stewardship and international structuring
Lloyd Maxwell
Lloyd Maxwell is a Senior Director, Relationship Management, with RBC Wealth Management’s Private Wealth business in the British Isles. Based in Jersey, he specialises in delivering integrated wealth management solutions for RBC’s international private client families.
With over 20 years of experience, Lloyd has built trusted, long-term relationships with ultra-high-net-worth families. Since joining RBC in 2010, he has been committed to understanding each client’s unique circumstances, financial goals, and aspirations. This deep understanding forms the foundation for developing multi-generational wealth strategies that leverage RBC’s trusted global network.
Lloyd works particularly closely with RBC’s team of solution specialists to provide his clients with access to a full suite of wealth management solutions and services across Jersey, London and internationally.
Matthew Barrett
Matthew started his financial career at HSBC in London as a Financial Planner in 2006, and after his training moved to Merrill Lynch in 2008 solely looking after financial professionals across Europe, as an Investment Advisor and running the team.
He joined UBS Switzerland as a Senior Relationship Manager in 2016 where he worked for nearly 7 years covering UK UHNW RND & RD clients, leaving to join Bellecapital in August 2022. Matthew graduated with a BEng in Civil Engineering from the University of Liverpool in 2004.
Paige Williams
Paige is an Associate within the firm’s Private Wealth Disputes team, which is renowned for its expertise in complex and high value litigation concerning families, their private wealth and associated professionals.
She advises on disputes concerning high net worth value trusts and estates, acting for private individuals, trustees (both individuals and trust companies) and other fiduciaries, such as executors, deputies and protectors. She often deals with cases which involve assets held in multiple jurisdictions and has recently been involved with cases in Guernsey, Jersey and Monaco.
Paige is also a member of ConTrA (the Contentious Trusts Association) and is currently studying the ACTAPS programme (the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists).
Vadim Neumann
Vadim is integral to ZEDRA’s operations in Europe, serving as Country Head of Switzerland & Liechtenstein and is a member of the ZEDRA board in Switzerland.
With a background in corporate tax and administration alongside private wealth services across Europe, Vadim is ideally placed to support clients, drive commercial growth and oversee operations. With vast experience assisting corporates and private clients set-up and run overseas operations, he is responsible for driving growth in the DACH-L region.
Vadim advises a portfolio of international clients regarding all their Swiss and international corporate structures, including the set up and management of all the types of legal entities in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. He and his team also provide support to private clients regarding Trust structures, offshore vehicles and family foundations. Further, Vadim’s team supports the clients around all questions related to personal and operational bank accounts.
Prior to joining the firm, Vadim worked as a director for a well known corporate service provider in Zurich and was responsible for business development and a portfolio of international clients. Vadim has also worked as a corporate tax adviser for Deloitte in Zurich and KPMG in Frankfurt am Main.
He is fluent in German, Russian, English and Ukrainian. Vadim has a LL.M. degree in Swiss Tax Law and MAS in Global Management.
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