Dominic Wheatley, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance,
on how Guernsey's financial services industry is in a good
place to grow and evolve.
The opening of a Guernsey representative office in Hong Kong
during the first quarter of 2016 followed a particularly active
2015 for Guernsey's financial services sector. The office,
located at Three Pacific Place in Admiralty, is Guernsey
Finance's second overseas outpost in addition to an office in
Shanghai which opened in 2007. It is ideally situated at the heart
of Hong Kong's financial district and will strengthen our
developing relationship with Hong Kong and its business
community.
Our representative in China, Wendy Weng, who is based in
Shanghai, will use the office as a base from which to carry out
further promotional activities throughout the wider South East Asia
market. The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) is also
using it to provide regulatory advice to anyone in the region who
might be considering