Wendy has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry, working for a number of leading asset managers including Robert Fleming, Friends Ivory & Sime, M&G Investments and BNY Mellon. She started her career in investment marketing and distribution, winning a number of awards for her campaigns to direct investors and the Intermediary market. She was latterly head of business strategy and planning for M&G, where she led a number of corporate restructuring projects and product development initiatives.
Since becoming a resident of Guernsey, Wendy has taken on a portfolio of executive and non-executive roles. This includes being a Director of an investment consulting firm and holding Non-Executive Directorships in Schroders (CI) Limited, AIM-listed Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund and Premium Market-listed TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund. She was also appointed as a Commissioner for the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) from November 2015 – November 2024.
A strong advocate of continuous learning, she assisted the Investment Management Association in developing a new investment management syllabus for financial advisers and, in 2018, gained the IoD Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction. She was admitted as a Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors in 2020 and served as the Chair of the Guernsey Branch of the IoD from 2021 – 2023.