I’ve been running a business in Guernsey for over 10 years. Before that, I was embedded in the finance industry in various senior roles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In that time, I’ve sat on island boards, supported charitable causes I care about, got involved with local sport, served on a douzaine and watched the Channel Islands economy go through a period of unusual complexity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve had insights about most of it, and now I\u2019ve decided to share that insight. Not because I’ve suddenly become braver, but because I think the conversation about island economies, small business leadership, and community-embedded governance is too thin, and I’m in a position to add something to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accountant, non-executive chairman for CI Co-op and NED for Sark Shipping. Community, sport, business and charitable involvement in Guernsey. These things together give me a vantage point that isn’t common. I’m not an economist, a politician, or a journalist. I’m someone who runs a business, sits in boardrooms, gets involved in island life and cares deeply about the place where I live and work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I see from that position is an economy that has real strengths but clear vulnerabilities and a public conversation that tends to flatten both into something too comfortable to be useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ll write about the Channel Islands economies as I observe them, not as press releases describe it. About what governance actually looks like in small organisations serving real communities. About running a small professional services business: the operational detail, the leadership challenges, the things that work and the things that don’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ll also write about the community side of island life \u2014 the charities, the institutions, the people doing quiet, essential work that doesn’t get enough visibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m not trying to be provocative for its own sake. But I’m also not going to sand the edges off everything I think in order to avoid discomfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you’re a business owner, a professional, or simply someone who cares about what happens to this island I’d welcome you as a reader. I’ll be publishing regularly. I’m also on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook if you prefer those formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the start of a longer conversation. I hope you’ll be part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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