Mike is an experienced non-executive Chairman and Director. He is currently Chairman of the Acolin Group, a Swiss based cross-border fund distribution business; Chairman of the Ascot Lloyd Group, a UK financial planning business; Chairman of Le Masurier, a European real estate investment business; Chairman of Sackville Capital, a London based multi-asset global investment advisory firm; and Director of The Bank of Butterfield, a commercial bank headquartered in Bermuda and listed on the NYSE.

Previously, Mike was Chairman of both the Tilney Group, a UK wealth manager, and Hawksford International, an offshore fiduciary business. He was also a Director of the International Property Securities Exchange and Leeds Castle Foundation.

Mike retired from Goldman Sachs in 2008, where he was a Managing Director in their European Private Wealth Management Division. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he was a senior partner at Rawlinson & Hunter, an international accountancy firm.

Mike is a keen sportsman with a particular interest in field sports and triathlons.

He was educated at Harrow School, London and L'Institut Britannique, Paris.

He lives in Dorset with his wife, Sarah, and their two daughters.

Brian spent ten years with Marks & Spencer Plc in the UK. In various roles he had responsibility for Board reporting of store profitability and financially appraising store development and acquisition proposals; culminating in him being appointed Group Balance Sheet Manager with specific responsibility for over £6 billion of property accounting.

Brian joined Le Masurier in 2002 as Finance Director and became Managing Director in 2009. He has direct responsibility for formulating and directing the investment strategy and in managing the pan-European operations of the Group. Brian is both a Chartered and Certified Accountant and a Chartered Surveyor and has held the position of Non-Executive Board member of the Finance Committee of the RICS.

Brendan’s professional experience covers an international finance career achieving global sector and national leadership roles spanning over 32 years, with 22 as a Partner with PwC and its predecessor rms Deloitte Haskins & Sells and Coopers & Lybrand.

Brendan was a member of the PwC UK assurance leadership team and the PwC Global Asset & Wealth Management Leadership Team, acting as Global Private Equity Leader and European Private Equity leader for the asset management sector.

Brendan is a Member and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, Chairman and one of the founding members of the Jersey Policy Forum and Chairman of The Jersey Good Business Charter. He is also an alumni of the University of Cambridge Business Sustainability Leadership programme.

Edward is a son-in-law of the late Fred Clarke, joining the Board in 2013 and is the current chairman of the remuneration committee and a member of the nominations committee.

Edward is a senior partner of Jersey headquartered law firm Bedell Cristin and is recognised in major legal directories and ranking guides as a leading practitioner in his field. His extensive legal experience covers all aspects of fiduciary structures often involving complex property holding arrangements and matters of inter-generational succession on behalf of international institutions and families.

He is a Jersey Advocate, a Jersey Notary Public, an English Solicitor (non-practising) and holds the STEP Advanced Certificate in Family Business Advising – he is also a member of The Law Society of Jersey, The Law Society of England and Wales, and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Having joined international property consultancy King Sturge in 1979 as a graduate, Chris learnt his trade in the investor part of the business, holding a number of increasingly senior roles to become Joint Senior Partner.

Following the merger of King Sturge and JLL, Chris became UK Chairman and Lead Director for Capital Markets at JLL where, for half a decade, he was at the forefront of growing the investment business and developing alternative investment areas in student housing, health and senior living. He is also involved with the Strategic Advisory Group of the Investment Property Forum, after chairing the industry organisation in 2015.

Away from work, Chris is a proud supporter of UK housing and homelessness charity Crisis.

Bryan Carroll is a zoologist who has spent his career in zoos and wildlife conservation. In July 2018 he retired from his role as CEO of Bristol Zoological Society (BZS). BZS is a charity which operates two wildlife attractions in the Bristol area, Bristol Zoo Gardens and the Wild Place Project. Bristol Zoo Gardens is the 5th oldest zoo in the world and the most popular ticketed visitor attraction in Bristol, welcoming over 500,000 visitors a year.

The Wild Place Project opened its doors in 2013 and has grown from around 70,000 visitors in its first year to almost 200,000 in 2017; the fastest growing visitor attraction in the West of England. BZS also has a range of conservation, scientific and education programmes around the world through its Institute for Conservation, Science and Learning.

Bryan has always been passionate about wildlife, having a BSc Honours degree in Zoology and a PhD in primate reproduction and social behaviour. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of the West England in 2015 in recognition of his contribution to wildlife conservation and education. Bryan is also a Defra-appointed zoo licensing inspector, and has sat on various committees advising Defra on matters such as welfare standards for primates in private ownership, and the health and welfare of zoo animals.

In 2017 Michael joined the Board, as a Non-Executive Director, representing a significant family shareholding.  He is the fifth generation of the Clarke family to sit as a Board member; the family have been represented on the Board since 1911 when the, then 76 year old family business, was first incorporated as a limited company.

Michael first worked for the Company in 1986 when it was a Licensed Trade wholesale & retail operation, and later re-joined the Company in a full-time position at its Head Office overseeing the management of more than a dozen licenced retail outlets during a period of significant change for the Company from 2000 until 2003, when the Company’s wholesale and retail operations were sold and it transformed into a real estate company.  Michael stayed on as part of the initial Property Management team until 2007, before moving to London to work for a management consultancy company. He later returned to Le Masurier in 2012 as  a Property Manager, overseeing the company’s numerous Jersey properties.

Brian spent ten years with Marks & Spencer Plc in the UK. In various roles he had responsibility for Board reporting of store profitability and financially appraising store development and acquisition proposals; culminating in him being appointed Group Balance Sheet Manager with specific responsibility for over £6 billion of property accounting.

Brian joined Le Masurier in 2002 as Finance Director and became Managing Director in 2009. He has direct responsibility for formulating and directing the investment strategy and in managing the pan-European operations of the Group. Brian is both a Chartered and Certified Accountant and a Chartered Surveyor and has held the position of Non-Executive Board member of the Finance Committee of the RICS.