Hawksford announces "key" appointments in corporate services

Wednesday 31 May 2017

Hawksford has made two senior appointments in its Corporate Services team - Stephanie Rose as Global Head of Corporate Services and Becci Newman as Director.

Miss Rose will lead corporate services globally partnering with the global heads of Private Client and Funds to ensure a comprehensive approach across all offices and all service lines, while Mrs Newman will lead the corporate services team in Jersey jointly with Daniel Hainsworth.

Miss Rose began her financial services career with HSBC and moved to Elian in 1999, where until recently she was head of the corporate services team in Jersey. Speaking of her new appointment, she said: "I’m looking forward to growing the corporate portfolio at Hawksford while evolving and expanding the service offering. With our brand refresh, our focus will be to work collaboratively across all offices to enhance a global service line approach for our three core services lines – Corporate, Private Client and Funds. Building on my experience in the sector, I look forward to delivering our global strategy while building a successful and progressive story around the Hawksford brand."

Mrs Newman has more than 18 years’ industry experience, specialising in the administration of complex corporate transactions. She has worked in a range of managerial and senior administration roles at Kleinwort Benson, Bedells and Mourants, and was more recently at Elian. She said: "I’m looking forward to joining the high quality team at Hawksford and working with Daniel to evolve and expand the corporate services offering under Stephanie’s leadership."

Michel van Leeuwen, Hawksford Group Chief Executive, said: "Stephanie and Becci’s accumulated years of experience in the industry will be of enormous benefit to our team across the globe and ensure a unified approach to our rapidly growing Corporate Services division. Hawksford has an ambitious organic and acquisitive growth strategy across our service lines of which our corporate division is of paramount importance. Having the right people in the right positions, adding to the global expertise-based ‘bandwidth’ at Hawksford, is strengthening the foundation for our continued success."