Wealth Solutions & Wealth Planning

Hawksford makes Three Senior Appointments to its Global Team

Hawksford has announced that it has made three senior appointments to its global team, following a period of significant growth.

Gavin Wilkins joins the firm as Global Head of Client and Intermediary Relationships and Ross Rennie joins as a Manager of Corporate Services, both based in Hawksford’s Jersey office. Serene Lim joins as Associate Director in Hawksford’s Singapore office, Hawksford said in a press release.

With over 20 years’ experience in the industry, Wilkins has significant international experience gained in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He has extensive knowledge across a range of asset classes, private and regulated investment structures, funds, and international capital markets including the London Stock Exchange, AIM, Aquis and Euronext.

Working alongside Hawksford clients internationally, particularly those with cross border interests from the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, Wilkins will lead commercial and strategic initiatives within the Hawksford Group.

Gavin Wilkins, Global Head of Client and Intermediary Relationships, Hawksford, said: “I am absolutely delighted to join Hawksford’s talented and ambitious leadership team. Hawksford is immersed in some of the world’s most dynamic and exciting markets and I look forward to adding value to our international client base and driving forward the range and depth of services and solutions we can offer to them.”

Bringing over 10 years of corporate, banking and securitisation expertise to Hawksford, Lim joins Hawksford’s Singapore office from TMF. She has extensive expertise in capital markets, structured finance as well as trust structuring and succession planning for Singapore BVI and Cayman Trusts. Serene also sits as a secretary at the STEP Singapore branch.

Ross Rennie joins as a manager in the Jersey Corporate Services team and brings a wealth of commercial transaction experience. Rennie specialises in real estate and boasts extensive experience in structuring and managing the acquisitions and sales of prime residential and commercial property in the UK, Europe and the US as part of clients’ global investment strategies. Rennie will lead a Corporate team at Hawksford that administers investment structures in a variety of asset classes such as real estate, structured finance and tech, as well as holding and financing companies for international businesses.