Lighthouse Management is a professional management company. We are engaged to run international businesses properly — and we treat that as a responsibility we owe to the entity, its stakeholders, and the authorities that rely on us, as much as to the client who appoints us.
The firm exists because a company is only as real as the management behind it. A certificate of incorporation creates a legal person; it does not, on its own, run a business. Banks, auditors, tax authorities, and counterparties increasingly want to see the management — the people taking the decisions, the records of those decisions, the controls around the money.
That is the work we do. We supply the directors and officers, keep the books, ready the accounts for independent audit, attend to tax and regulatory obligations, and operate the banking and treasury — the disciplines that, together, make an international business genuinely managed rather than merely registered.
We do this for high-net-worth individuals, for corporate groups, and for the advisers who serve them. We do it the same way each time: with qualified people, documented decisions, and an honest account of what we can and cannot take on.
When we direct a company, the decisions are genuinely ours to take and ours to defend. We are not a name on a register lent to someone else's plan.
We act in the interest of the entity and within its governance. Where a client's wish and the entity's interest diverge, the entity prevails — and we say so.
Decisions, controls, and records are made contemporaneously. The evidence of substance is a by-product of actually doing the work, not a file assembled afterwards.
We take on mandates we can run to standard, with the information and access we need. We would rather turn work away than hold an office we cannot honour.
Our directors and staff bring qualifications and experience in management, accounting, audit, tax, and finance. The people who hold office are the people who do the work — reachable, informed, and answerable for the entities in their care.
The firm is led by a panel of directors resident across our offices — each accountable for a discipline and for the entities in their charge. They are introduced below.
Directors resident in the jurisdictions they serve — the same people who chair the boards, sign the accounts, and answer to the banks and auditors.
Regional Manager — Europe
London, United Kingdom
Alasdair leads the firm's European practice from London. He has spent more than thirty years in fiduciary and corporate management at international trust and management houses in London and the Channel Islands, and sits on a number of client boards.
Regional Manager — Asia–Pacific
Hong Kong
Raymond leads the firm's Asia–Pacific practice from Hong Kong. He has spent his career in corporate management and financial control for international groups, and sits on the boards of managed entities across the region.
Manager — Corporate Administration & Compliance
Charlestown, Nevis
Auristela oversees the firm's registered-agent and corporate-administration practice from its Nevis seat. A trust and estate practitioner, she has administered Caribbean and international structures for two decades and leads the firm's anti-money-laundering and beneficial-ownership compliance function.
Supervisor — Corporate Formation & Registry
Belize City, Belize
Gareth runs the firm's company-formation and registry practice in Belize. A trust and estate practitioner, he has spent his career forming and administering international companies and foundations, and is responsible for incorporations, registered agency, and statutory good standing across the Caribbean offices.
Manager — Regulatory & Fund Services
George Town, Cayman Islands
Andrew leads the firm's regulatory and fund-services practice from the Cayman Islands. An anti-money-laundering specialist, he has spent two decades in fund administration and financial-services regulation, and oversees the firm's AML, regulatory-reporting, and fund-entity work.
Manager — Tax & Reporting, Americas
Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.A.
Margaret leads the firm's tax and information-reporting practice for the Americas. She has spent over a decade advising on cross-border compliance, FATCA, and economic-substance reporting at a major international accounting firm, and coordinates the firm's dealings with revenue authorities.
Manager — Audit & Assurance, Europe
Frankfurt, Germany
Katharina leads audit readiness and assurance coordination across the European offices. She spent fourteen years in audit practice — latterly as a senior manager — and maintains the firm's relationships with independent auditors on the Continent.
Manager — Finance & Treasury
Singapore
Priya leads the firm's finance and treasury function. An investment professional, she spent more than a decade in banking and corporate treasury in Singapore and London, and oversees banking relationships, payment controls, and liquidity management for the entities in the firm's care.
Supervisor — Accounting & Financial Reporting
Manila, Philippines
Ramon leads the firm's accounting and financial-reporting practice in Asia–Pacific. He has led controllership and shared-service teams for multinational clients in Manila, and is responsible for the firm's reporting standards and the discipline of its period-close calendar.
Manager — Governance & Risk
Sydney, Australia
Geoffrey leads governance, board services, and risk. A governance professional, he has served as company secretary and board member to listed and private groups, and maintains the firm's board-governance and internal-control framework.
Manager — Trust & Fiduciary Services
Auckland, New Zealand
Fiona leads the firm's trust and fiduciary practice from Auckland. A trust and estate practitioner, she has administered private and corporate structures across Australasia for more than fifteen years and oversees the firm's New Zealand and Pacific client relationships.
Where we operate
12 offices across three continents, so that an entity is managed, banked, and accounted for in the place it says it belongs.
Registered office
Arthur Evelyn Building, Suite 5 · Charlestown, Nevis · Saint Christopher (St. Kitts) & Nevis