Private Client Services - Geneva Management Group

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Our Services GMG offers a unique combination of services to its client base, including company and trust formation, accounting and corporate management, cross border structuring and execution, investment monitoring and trade execution, real estate investment, property management, and the provision of trustees and independent directors to special purpose vehicles. Trust and Company Administration As a licensed Trust and Management Company we offer the following services: Trust and Company formation Director and Trustee services with proactive management of companies, trusts and other legal entities Accounting services, including full and detailed management accounts, financial statements and cash flow models Fiduciary and Treasury services Access to international banks in well regulated jurisdictions, including the opening and management of bank accounts Secretarial services Payroll services. Private Trust Company Wealthy families and professional firms may wish to establish a privatelyowned trust company (PTC) to act for one or more related trusts. The PTC combination enables families or individuals to achieve greater flexibility which will not only offer the settlor a professional and integrated management of assets but also the ability to retain involvement in their trust affairs. The use of a PTC in combination with a discretionary trust is an attractive solution to achieve such objectives. We can arrange for the formation of private trust companies in a number of jurisdictions, provide advice and arrange for an efficient ownership structure. We can also manage and administer the PTC in the performance of its functions. Fund Structuring and Administration GMG provides comprehensive fund administration services including licensing, compliance, accounting, reporting, and investor services. We provide and design tailored made solutions for offshore mutual funds from listed debt instruments such as our medium term structured note programs to vanilla equity issues in jurisdictions across the globes. Our administration services include the calculating of Net Asset Values at various frequencies, daily valuations, monitoring investment parameters, preparing annual and semi-annual reports for shareholders, organising board meetings and maintaining statutory records, amongst others. Portfolio Monitoring and Trade Execution GMG has implemented a trading desk which handles immediate trading requests and monitors any corporate actions for clients. Not only is this an execution desk, with access to the latest market information for all asset classes, but it also provides a quarterly consolidated portfolio review of all clients’ investments, wherever held, and assists the trustees and the client to review the risk-adjusted performance of third party asset managers. Real Estate and Investments GMG believes that real estate should form a part of any well-diversified portfolio and has set-up a dedicated desk to service these needs. Our property team specializes in the sourcing of Commercial Real Estate opportunities in Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and have concluded a number of significant acquisitions for our clients. As an experienced team we not only search for suitable investment opportunities, but we also handle all jurisdictional issues involved in international transactions and manage the investment vehicles and acquired properties with full disclosure and reporting to investors. Property Management and Relocation: Mauritius GMG provides private clients with a range of services to assist them in purchasing a residential property and relocating to Mauritius. GMG also services property developers on the Island. Our offering is summarized as follows: Guidance to private clients in setting up the correct structure for residential property purchases Liaising with the Board of Investment (BOI) as required Assistance with the granting of work and resident permits Assistance throughout the relocation process to Mauritius Guidance to property developers in setting up the correct structure for IRS/RES/IHS Co-ordination of the application process on behalf of property developers for an IRS/RES/IHS Acting as a Management Company for property developments and their subsequent owners Company secretarial work, accounting and reporting duties.
Dave Elzas co-founded Geneva Management Group in 2000 and is the Chief Executive Officer. Dave is also a non executive director of Gem Diamonds Limited, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange (GEMD). Between 1994 and 2000 he served as Group Managing Director at Steinmetz Group of Companies. Dave Graduated Cum Laude from the Solvay Business School in Brussels, Belgium, in 1990 with an engineering degree combining the basics of engineering with a fullyfledged business school curriculum, majors in Statistics, Economics, Finance and Law. Newman Leech co-founded Geneva Management Group in 2000 and is the Group Managing Director. Between 1992 and 1998 Newman was the financial director and one of the founding shareholders of a retailing company that was sold inter alia, to a subsidiary of Rand Merchant Bank in South Africa. Between 1998 and 2000 he served as Director of Chis S.A., a Swiss trade finance company. Newman holds degrees of BCOMM LEGAL (Bachelor of Commerce) and LLB (Bachelor of Laws) from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, graduating in 1992. Henk Barnhoorn joined Geneva Management Group in March 1, 2008, as Chief Financial Officer and is the Managing Director of GMG Trust Ltd (our Mauritian based Trust company). From 1999 to June 2006 he worked for Plantronics Inc, a US based Company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Henk Barnhoorn started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he worked in both the offices of South Africa (Pretoria) and the Netherlands (Amsterdam). Mr Barnhoorn is a Chartered Accountant (CA) and holds an Executive MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management. Haggay Aidlin joined Geneva Management Group in April 2003 and is today the general manager of GMG Capital SA (Switzerland). Prior to joining GMG, Haggay worked for Andersen Worldwide S.C., the central coordinating Swiss entity of Arthur Andersen, between 1998 and 2003. From 1994 to 1998 he worked for Roche Consumer Health (World Wide) S.A. Haggay holds an MBA degree from the European University in Geneva and a BA in Economics from the Tel-Aviv University in Israel (1992). John Doidge the Managing Director of GMG Trust Company SA Limited, is an admitted attorney in South Africa. He has specialised in the law and practice of trusts and has 30 years’ experience in this field. John was responsible for establishing Maitland Trust in South Africa in the late nineties. He is a former General Manager of Syfrets Trust, where he spent 15 years. At industry level John is a former Chairman of the Association of Trust Companies in South Africa as well as a founding member and the Deputy Chairman of the South African Securitisation Forum. Monique Van De Weyer Crettaz joined Geneva Management Group in 2000 and is the appointed group Compliance Officer based in Geneva. Monique regularly attends anti-money seminars in Geneva and keeps the company updated with regards compliance issues. Monique is fluent in English, Dutch, French and German and trained as a teacher, graduating in 1980 from Hoger Secundair Onderwys college in Antwerp, Belgium. Lydia Ender joined Geneva Management Group in 2005 working as an assistant to Dave Elzas. Currently Lydia is a Senior Client Manager based in our Geneva office. She maintains a portfolio of clients who are located mostly in Europe and Israel. Lydia earned an MSC in Theory and History of International Relations in 2005 from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in European Studies from King’s College London in 2004. She obtained the STEP Foundation Certificate in 2008 and is currently enrolled in the STEP Diploma in International Trust Management. Tom Schiltz joined Geneva Management Group in February 2003 and is a director of GMG (Luxembourg) S.A. and Client Manager for Europe. Prior to joining GMG, he was Senior Account Officer from 1989 to 2003 at Antwerp Diamond Bank NV (ADB). Tom earned a master degree in Economics and Finance in 1988 from the Antwerp Business School. Sona Pillay joined Geneva Management Group in August 2006 as head of client administration. Sona is based in Mauritius and serves as a Director on the board of GMG Trust Ltd and various other corporate entities within the group. He previously worked with Rubicon Administration Services from 2005 to 2006, Global Financial Strategies and Credo Group from 2000 to 2005, and Standard Bank from 1993 to 2000. Sean Gaskell joined Geneva Management Group in December of 2008 as director and head of private client services for Africa. Sean held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Sentinel International Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd, before joining Geneva Management Group at the end of 2008. Sean has been involved in securitisation and other special purpose vehicle structures since 2005 and holds a number of important directorships in key client matters. Sean has a Bachelor of Business Science degree in Finance from the University of Cape Town. Kim Setzkorn joined Geneva Management Group in December 2008 and works in close association with Sean Gaskell. Kim holds a Bachelor of Law and Arts degrees, both from the University of South Africa. Kim was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in August 2002 and remained in practice with Taitz & Skikne until she joined Sentinel International Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd. At Sentinel Kim worked as a legal advisor specializing in fiduciary and tax services to high net worth clients. For further information on key management refer to our website www.gmgtrust.com.
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