Stuart joined PKF (Channel Islands) Limited as Audit Director at the beginning of 2010 bringing a wealth of diverse international experience.

He studied Finance at the University of Birmingham and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in Liverpool in 1995. Subsequently he spent four years working in Kazakhstan, followed by a further two in Seattle, with PwC. Whilst in the USA, Stuart also gained the CPA qualification. Stuart then joined Deloitte in Moscow where he became a Partner in 2005. At the end of 2007 he moved to Guernsey as a Partner with Ernst &Young, focusing primarily on the asset management, real estate and emerging market sectors.

Stuart recently completed the Islamic Finance Qualification and STEP Foundation course and is also a MCSI.
 

André joined the Guernsey Income Tax Office in 1981 where he attained the rank of Inspector and qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant. In 1993 he joined the Tax Department of Coopers & Lybrand before moving to Pannell Kerr Forster, as it then was, in 1995. More recently André held the post of Chairman of the Tax Sub Committee of the Guernsey Society of Chartered and Certified Accountants from April 2007 to April 2010.

He is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and is Director responsible for Guernsey Tax affairs.

André is married to Wendy and has three children. His leisure interests include golf and also badminton in which he represented the Island at Commonwealth and Island Games level.

Joe graduated from Lancaster University’s Management School in 1995 with an honours degree in Operational Research & Operations Management. After spending some time in an analytical role within the UK Civil Service he joined Abbey National where he attained the grade of Senior Modelling Analyst. Joe moved to Guernsey in 2003 to join PKF’s Audit team, and in 2006 transferred to the Tax team where he qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 2006 and as a Chartered Tax Adviser in 2009.

Russell joined PKF (Channel Islands) Limited in 2008. Prior to this he spent three years at the Guernsey Income Tax Authority as an Assessor. He subsequently joined Specsavers Optical Group in 2000 working in the Corporate Tax Planning Department where he became a Manager in 2006. Russell is a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians.

Geeta began her accountancy career in London in 1995, becoming a member of the ACCA in 1998. Her early experience consisted largely of audit principally in the financial services and gaming sectors. She continued her professional development qualifying as a chartered accountant (ICAEW) in 2002. Her work experience expanded into UK personal and corporation tax, compliance and advisory work together with corporate advisory in relation to business disposals. Geeta is also a Chartered Tax Advisor. Since joining PKF (Channel Islands) her principal experience has been the audit of entities that operate in the financial services sector.