Key People
We have the technical expertise to bring innovative solutions to the market benefitting from our exceptional customer service standards from our highly skilled multi-disciplinary team.
Founder and Chairman of the IOMA Group, Robin has been based on the Island since 1975 and was instrumental in pressing for insurance legislation and regulation leading to Isle of Man Insurance Management Limited (IOMIM) forming the island’s first registered captive insurance company in 1981.
Robin was at the forefront of the formation of the Manx Insurance Association and is a former Chairman. He holds a number of corporate directorships, is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Patron of the Institute for Pain Relief. Robin is a former Honorary Consul for the Kingdom of Norway in the Isle of Man and was awarded the Knights Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit in 1987.
During his City career, Rupert held senior positions in Cazenove and Co - now JP Morgan Cazenove and Hill Samuel Bank - now part of Lloyds Banking Group. He was also a founder and Investment Director of Buzzacott Investment Management taken over by Blackrock. Other notable positions include, Non-Executive Directorships of both PFI Infrastructure Company PLC (until its takeover in 2007) and Infrastructure India PLC until 2011, both of which are AIM listed. He was Chairman of the London Main Market listed Diamond Circle Capital PLC until 2013 and also a director of the first City of London Financial Regulator, FIMBRA (Financial Intermediaries, Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association) that now forms part of the FCA.
Rupert currently serves as Chairman of Arricano Real Estate, an AIM listed company operating shopping malls in Eastern Europe and is also a Director of a small number of other companies.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Securities Institute.
Simon joined Marriott Harrison LLP as a Senior Equity Partner in 2004 having previously worked in two leading multinational law firms, Dechert and Dewey LeBoeuf.
He has been a Main Market sponsor and NOMAD with Numis and is rated in Chambers and Legal 500 as a noted practitioner in corporate finance law. He is also a Non-Executive Director and chairman of the audit committee and remuneration committee of Imaginatik Plc and Non-Executive director of Nanostruck Technologies Inc.
Vince was appointed Managing Director of IOMA, IOMA Horizons and Isle of Man Insurance Management in December 2017. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, having qualified on the Isle of Man in 1982. He has many years’ experience in the financial services industry.
Vince was employed by the Hansard Global group of companies in the period from 1995 to December 2015 in a number of senior finance positions. He was latterly Chief Financial Officer of Hansard Global plc, having had a significant role when the company listed on the Main board of the London Stock Exchange in 2006.