Our Private Clients team is kickstarting 2022 with the appointment of three key senior level hires.
Ian Rumens, Karl Bekusch and Karen O'Hanlon have joined the business to augment the strength and depth of our Private Clients offering.
Nick Cawley, Global Head – Private Clients, commented "Ian, Karl, and Karen join our team at an exciting period of growth for the company."
"They are impressive industry professionals with extensive experience. Our Private Clients team has been servicing client needs for over 50 years and these three new hires bring with them decades of experience working alongside clients in order to protect, preserve, and plan for their wealth now and into the future."
Mike Hughes, Global Head of Service Lines, remarked "We continue to invest in the best talent and expertise across the industry. We have a market leading private client platform which was strengthened with our recent acquisition of Trust Corporation International. The Ocorian team takes pride in being experts in our clients' business to enable personalised, value accretive service delivery for them and their families. Ian, Karl, and Karen are key members of our global team."
Ian Rumens joins our team as Head of Private Clients for Jersey from Intertrust where he was Head of Private Wealth – Jersey. He has extensive experience working with ultra-high net worth families based across Asia, the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. Ian reports to our Global Head – Private Clients, Nick Cawley.
Reporting to Ian is Karl Bekusch who joins as Executive Director having most recently been Head of Private Clients and Family Office in Jersey for Apex Group, where he served for over a decade. Karl has now spent over 31 years in the fiduciary services industry in Jersey and Dubai and specialises in the establishment and administration of bespoke conventional and Shari'a multi-generational succession planning structures for ultra-high net worth individuals and families.
Karen O'Hanlon has been working alongside international families, intermediaries, family offices and entrepreneurs on a global basis for the past three decades. She was most recently Senior Director at JTC. Karen reports to Simon Behan, our Chief Commercial Officer.