JZCP’s board of Directors is chaired by David Macfarlane. All Directors are considered non-executive and independent.

1 Chairman of the Nomination Committees of which all Directors are members. 
2 Chairman of the Audit Committees of which all Directors are members.

David Macfarlane 1

Chairman

Mr Macfarlane was appointed to the Board of JZCP in April 2008 as Chairman and a Non-Executive Director. Until 2002 he was the Senior Corporate Partner at Ashurst. He was a Non-Executive Director of the Platinum Investment Trust Plc from 2002 until January 2007. He is also Chairman of Rex Bionics Plc.

James Jordan

Mr Jordan was appointed to the Board of JZCP in April 2008. He is a private investor, who is a director of the First Eagle Family of Mutual Funds, and of Alpha Andromeda Investment Trust Company, S.A. Until 30 June 2005, he was Managing Director of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC, a New York based firm of asset managers; and until 25 July 2013, he was a Non-Executive Director of Leucadia National Corporation. He is a Trustee and Vice Chairman of the World Monuments Fund and serves on the Chairman’s Council of Conservation International.

Sharon Parr 2

Mrs Parr was appointed to the board in June 2018.  In 2003 Sharon completed a private equity backed MBO of the trust and fund administration division of Deloitte and Touche, called Walbrook, selling it to Barclays Wealth in 2007.  As a Managing Director of Barclays, Sharon ultimately became global head of their trust and fund administration businesses, comprising over 450 staff in 10 countries. Sharon stepped down from her executive roles in 2011 to focus on other areas and interests but has maintained directorships in several companies. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, and is a resident of Guernsey.

Ashley Paxton

Mr Paxton was appointed to the board in August 2020. Ashley has more than 25 years of funds and financial services industry experience, with a demonstrable track record in advising closed-ended London listed boards and their audit committees on IPOs, capital market transactions, audit and other corporate governance matters. Ashley was previously C.I. Head of Advisory for KPMG in the Channel Islands, a position he held from 2008 through to his retirement from the firm in 2019.

Ashley is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a resident of Guernsey. Amongst other appointments he is Chairman of the Youth Commission for Guernsey & Alderney, a locally based charity whose vision is that all children and young people in the Guernsey Bailiwick are ambitious to reach their full potential.