Quartet of senior promotions at Hawksford

Thursday 15 March 2018

Hawksford has made four senior director promotions.

Sarah Locker has been appointed as associate director within the private client team, while Wendy Inns and Vicky Mills have been promoted to director. Cordelia Miller, responsible for Hawksford’s legal and company secretariat function, has been appointed director.

Michel van Leeuwen, CEO of Hawksford, said: "Hawksford has had a very active year and expanded its staff and client base globally. In line with that expansion and our desire to increase the pace even further, we wanted to reward key contributors and expand the management structure to support our plans for 2018."

Darren Kelland, global head of private client at Hawksford, said: "Wendy, Vicky and Sarah have demonstrated the ability to deliver the highest levels of integrity in their ability to manage their teams while ensuring the highest levels of service to their clients.  The role of the modern trustee is ever evolving, with the need to accurately collate information, report it and to comply with the legislative requirements of the finance industry.  We have an incredibly dedicated client team and Wendy, Vicky and Sarah epitomise the personalities required to deliver the role of a modern trustee while managing and nurturing talented people."

Michel van Leeuwen added: "Cordelia is a very talented lawyer with a depth of legal experience in both an advisory and in-house capacity. She has built a skilled legal function for Hawksford’s global operations and has provided stellar legal support throughout Hawksford’s M&A activity and securing our regulatory licence in Singapore.

"These promotions allow us to scale up and continue to deliver industry benchmark levels of client service to ever more clients and jurisdictions."

Pictured: From left, Sarah Locker, Wendy Inns, Vicky Mills, Cordelia Miller.