Ben Cocoracchio – Associate Director, Osbourne Clarke, London.
Ben is an Associate Director in our Financial Institutions Group focusing on the formation and operation of alternative investment funds, co-investments, managed accounts and carried interest vehicles, with a particular focus on venture capital. 
Ben has been a funds lawyer since qualification in 2011 and has advised fund sponsors focusing on a range of strategies, including venture capital, private equity, real estate and infrastructure. He also advises institutional investors on their investments in alternative investment funds across these sectors. Ben has worked as a funds lawyer in London, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore and has experience of fund structures in numerous jurisdictions, including UK, Jersey, Luxembourg, France, Cayman Islands and Singapore.  
Ben joined Osborne Clarke in 2021 having most recently worked in-house for a global fund manager as lead fund counsel.

Jon Stevens – Director of Policy, Jersey Financial Services Commission
Jon Stevens is Director of Policy at the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC). Jon is a chartered accountant and worked as an auditor followed by time in local industry before joining the JFSC’s Supervision division working primarily in Fund and Trust Company supervision. Jon then joined Policy where he held responsibility for aspects of the Codes of Practice and Policy development work. He is now responsible for the overseeing the Policy team in their collaborative work with Government and Industry developing Jersey’s financial services regulatory framework.

Caroline Morgan – National Risk Assessment Technical Lead, States of Jersey
Caroline Morgan has worked in the finance industry for nearly 35 years, first in London and more recently in Jersey, having joined the Financial Services Commission in January 2006. She is a Chartered Accountant by background, has worked in all areas of financial policy and represented both the UK financial regulator and the JFSC on the international stage. Caroline is currently on secondment to the Government's Financial Crime Strategy team with a focus on refreshing the risk understanding first articulated in the September 2020 and April 2021 National Risk Assessment reports.

Vanessa Kruger – Regulatory Manager, Deloitte, Jersey
Vanessa is a Manager within the Risk and Regulatory proposition based in the Islands and Gibraltar Advisory team.​ She has 19 years of experience in Financial Services, which has spanned middle management to senior management roles in customer relations, operational risk, regulatory enablement and compliance.​ Vanessa has consulted on financial crime engagements in the UK and was involved in South Africa with implementing new Financial Crime regulations.

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Harry Briggs, KPMG

Harry is a Sustainability Director at KPMG working with asset managers on responsible investment policy, sustainability regulation and sustainability reporting. Harry has previously led a sustainability reporting project for The Prince of Wales’s Accounting for Sustainability organization, deep diving on reporting issues with their network of multinational listed companies. As part of his role Harry has input on the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards for the financial services sector and sits on the steering group for the UK’s Future Homes organization, with a focus on sustainability metrics in the built environment.

David Postlethwaite, Jersey Finance

David’s current role sits within the Strategy & Research team at Jersey Finance, which supports the development of strategic thinking to foster growth and resilience within Jersey’s financial services sector. Working closely with our industry members, he provides insights and thought leadership that enhance the sector’s ability to respond to emerging trends and opportunities.  As Jersey Finance’s lead on sustainable finance, David is now helping to build and deploy a new strategy for Jersey, developed in collaboration with industry, key external stakeholders and leading ESG experts.

Daniel Greenaway

Daniel is a partner in the London office of K&L Gates LLP.  He is a member of the Asset Management and Investment Funds practice group.

He concentrates his practice on launching funds and investment platforms for clients that raise capital across a global, primarily institutional, investor base. He has extensive experience advising institutional and boutique fund managers on private funds across private equity, venture capital, credit, infrastructure and real estate. Daniel acts for managers whether they are raising a discretionary fund, spinning out of an existing institution or raising co-investment funds. He also assists institutional investors on their fund investment and co-investment programmes.

Richard Le Liard

Richard is based in Jersey and is a partner in Bedell Cristin's funds and investment structures team. He has spent more than a decade specialising in establishing and advising investment funds and fund services businesses, with a particular focus on private equity and venture capital.

Richard also has a strong regulatory practice. He is sought after to advise on all areas of financial services regulation, data protection, international tax compliance (including economic substance) and the local AML/CFT regime.

Paul Eastwood

Paul has over twenty years experience as a tax professional.  Until summer 2019 Paul was the Deputy Comptroller of Taxes for Jersey, with responsibility for domestic taxation policy and international tax matters. 

During his time in Government, Paul was Jersey’s representative at both the OECD’s Forum on Harmful Tax Practices and the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework.

Since joining KPMG, Paul has provided Jersey tax/economic substance advice to a number of well known institutions operating in the banking, fiduciary, fund administration and fund management industries. He also continues to support Governments and Revenue Authorities with how to adjust to the evolving international tax landscape.

Darren Docker

Darren advises venture capital, private equity, real estate and other alternative asset managers on all aspects of their fund and "house" structures.

Darren has focussed on providing advice tot he alternative fund management industry for the past twenty years, specialising in providing fund structuring advice from a GP perspective.

Darren is a regular speaker on taxation matters, in particular recent legislative developments, at PWC's alternatives themed events.

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JFA Chairman, Tim Morgan