Jade Burrows – Director

A native of Jersey, Jade joined Coutts in 2002 after completing her education. She quickly established herself as part of the ‘premium’ team dealing primarily with high net worth clients

Jade gained valuable experience in dealing with clients from all walks of life as well as professionals such as lawyers, accountants and tax advisors which helped her in recent years as she became involved in more complex tax re-structuring exercises.

As a recognition of her people skills Jade was asked to attend a ‘train the trainer’ course and was then given the responsibility to provide good quality training to all new members of staff who did not have trust backgrounds. She was also regarded as a ‘power user’ for the banks record and book keeping systems and became actively involved in updating procedures and ensuring all staff understood the importance of accurate book-keeping.

After 5 years with Coutts, Jade moved to Cyprus in 2008 and in acknowledgement of her maturity and rapid development Jade was subsequently asked to take a director position in the Cyprus office, as it developed its fiduciary services.

Jade holds a level 5 International Finance and Administration qualification (formerly ICSA Diploma).

Elena Sotiriou – Lawyer and Director

Elena was born and educated in Cyprus. She graduated in Law from the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece in 2006. Elena returned to Cyprus and was admitted to the Cyprus Bar Association and the Paphos Bar Association in 2007, having successfully passed the relevant examinations.

Elena worked for a couple of law firms in Paphos, in the litigation area and is an experienced litigator dealing with civil cases (contracts and torts) as well as criminal cases and cases in the field of administrative law, property law, probates, family law, banking law and debt collection.

She joined the Ariannol Group as an associate, in 2013 and now specialises in commercial and general corporate law. She is a highly skilled and qualified lawyer who primarily deals with the firm’s corporate sector. She engages in a full spectrum of legal and corporate administration services, ranging from the incorporation of any type of company up to the provision of all the necessary legal advice regarding the management and operation of companies. She specialises in advising on all aspects of Cyprus company law, company and business acquisitions, sale of private companies, joint ventures, start- ups and restructuring.
For local clients Elena advises on Immigration, immovable property matters and has been instrumental in setting up the company’s Will & Executor Services.

Elena keeps abreast of the constant changes in her field by regularly attending seminars in Greece and Cyprus. She is fluent in Greek and English and is happy to advise clients in either language.

Ali Redmond – Compliance Manager – BA (Hons), ACICM

Born in Stockton-On-Tees, North East England, Ali graduated from the University of Teesside with a Bachelor of Arts Accounting and Finance degree. She gained over 15 years experience with various high profile global companies, and also went on to study and gain qualifications in Management, Credit Management, Management Accounting, and is currently studying towards being a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (ICM), Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

After leaving University, Ali’s first position was in credit control at Orange Personal Communication Services, and then went on to P&O Ferrymasters where she quickly developed a client base of over 200 high profile corporate customers. This led to studying towards the credit management qualification, a qualification in management and also a desire to further her career in an accountancy role. After several assistant accountant roles Ali gained employment with Huntsman Tioxide where she studied towards being a management accountant with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and in 2009, following 5 years as Accounts Administrator Team Leader, Ali emigrated to Cyprus.

In 2013, Ali joined Ariannol Group as the company accountant, and following the Company’s successful License Application in December 2014, Ali gained promotion to become Ariannol’s Compliance Manager. To add to her qualifications Ali has attained her Certificate in Compliance with the International Compliance Association.