Chancery Partners Limited
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Name: | Ashwin Fowdar | ||
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Nationality: | Mauritian | ||
Academic: | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (‘ACCA’) | ||
Professional Matters: | 2003 | Admitted an Associate of the ACCA | |
2012 | Admitted a Fellow of the ACCA | ||
2012 | Admitted a member of the Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants (MIPA) | ||
2012 | Admitted a member of the Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP). | ||
Professional Experience: | 2017 | Appointed Director of Regulatory & Technical Affairs of Chancery Partners Limited, a regulated Hong Kong Trust or Corporate Service Provider (‘TCSP’). | |
2012 |
Appointed Director of the following Companies that are regulated and licensed as Management Companies by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission: Corporate & Chancery Group Limited APG Trustees Corporation NWH (Mauritius) Limited |
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2005 to 2012 | Group Accountant for Corporate & Chancery Group Limited | ||
2003 to 2005 | Trust and Corporate Accountant with Curatus Trust (Mauritius) Limited, a Company licensed by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission as a Management Company. | ||
2014 | Lecturing and mentoring students studying for their chartered membership with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA). Lectures delivered on the ICSA’s Management Accounting modules. | ||
2001 to 2003 | Accounts administrator at Compass Group Plc (‘Compass’). Compass is the largest contract food service company in the world. | ||
Notable Professional achievements: | March 2016 | Lead author of the ‘Mauritius Commentary’, published in Tolley’s International Series (2003-2016) Butterworths/Tolley, London (Mauritius Chapter), with J. Shaw, Barrister and G.W. Fisher, Barrister. The article provides a bird’s eye view on the Mauritius legal system, taxation regime, succession laws, information exchange under domestic law and treaties, amongst other aspects of Mauritius laws relating to trade. | |
November 2015 | Elaborated and documented the corporate governance policies and the internal control procedures for a Company proposing to engage in investment advisory and the management of portfolio investments. The Company was subsequently granted an ‘Investment Advisory license (unrestricted)’ by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission. | ||
September 2015 | Documenting the anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) policies of Management Companies licensed by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission. Thereafter, articulating the policies to all members of staff. Developped new processes and reinforced existing safeguards to protect the Management Companies and services they offer from being used for money laundering and facilitating terrorism financing risks. | ||