Stonehage Fleming has announced the appointment of Alasdair McLaren as Director in the Family Office division in Guernsey.
Patrick Lynch, a Director within Family Office, has transferred from London to join the Guernsey team. Alasdair (pictured) and Patrick will both report to Gillian Ralston Jordan, Partner and Head of the Family Office in Guernsey.
Alasdair has more than 30 years’ experience in private client services in the international ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and family office sector. His most recent role was Regional Head of Private Wealth for the UK, Ireland and Crown Dependencies, at IQ-EQ, where he was responsible for strategy, development and growing private wealth relationships across the Group, prior to that he was Head of Private Wealth in the Guernsey Office and also managed a portfolio of UHNW clients.
Before his ten years at IQ-EQ, Alasdair spent two years as an Executive Director at Kleinwort Benson where he was a member of the offshore heads committee and managed the trust company’s strategy across the Crown Dependencies. He worked for five years at Saffery Champness prior to this, also as an Executive Director with a large team and a portfolio of private clients. He was responsible for establishing a new office in Geneva and instigated a new business development strategy and infrastructure. Alasdair is a well-known and respected member of the Guernsey fiduciary community and has held several positions in leading industry committees and institutions, including Chair of the Guernsey branch of STEP and Treasurer of GAT (Guernsey Association of Trustees). He holds chartered status with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS) and is a chartered fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).
Patrick Lynch is a Director within Stonehage Fleming’s Family Office Division. He has been at the firm since 2017 when he joined as a Business Manager for the Wealth Planning and UK Family Office teams, before relocating to our Guernsey office in September 2024.
Patrick joins the Guernsey office with over 15 years’ experience working in financial services across roles within private banking, wealth planning and investment management at Barclays UK & European Private Bank, Accenture Capital Markets, and C. Hoare & Co. At Stonehage Fleming, alongside supporting the growth of the UK Fiduciary business he was responsible for oversight of financials, risk and control management and change agendas of the Family Office British Island department. Following his move to Guernsey, Patrick now acts on the Board of Stonehage Fleming (Guernsey) Limited, as well as the Guernsey corporate trustee and corporate director companies.
As Directors, Alasdair and Patrick will support Gillian Ralston Jordan in her role as Head of Family Office, Guernsey, in the effective delivery family office services to private and corporate clients in the jurisdiction. They will be responsible for managing a portfolio of key clients and will focus on managing, measuring and driving the effectiveness of the Guernsey service operations.
Welcoming the moves, Gillian Ralston Jordan Partner and Head of Stonehage Fleming’s Family Office in Guernsey, said: “We are thrilled to welcome both Alasdair and Patrick as Directors as we continue to build out our brilliant team here in Guernsey. Both will bring their wealth of experience and deep sector knowledge to bear on a growing and dynamic market and I look forward to working with them”.
