With almost three decades of experience across several jurisdictions, Neil works with private individuals and families, focusing on building long-term trusted relationships and supporting clients through each stage of their wealth journey.
Role at Praxis
As an Executive Director in the Geneva office, Neil manages relationships with a diverse group of clients from South Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the UK. He provides wealth and estate planning advice, structuring guidance, and support across a range of cross-border tax, legal and succession matters.
Neil builds and maintains strong client relationships and regularly acts as a trusted adviser, helping clients navigate complex financial decisions and ensuring structures are designed with both current and future tax and succession frameworks in mind.
He also shares responsibility with the Managing Director for the strategic direction, management and performance of the Geneva office. This includes supporting business growth, maintaining high levels of client satisfaction, and developing relationships with key external advisers.
Career history
Neil joined Praxis following a decade with an independent Geneva-based fiduciary firm. Progressing from trust administrator to a member of the senior management team, he ran a large book of multi-jurisdictional, multi asset class structures assisted by a team of trust officers and accountants. Neil was also the Chair of the local Investment Committee.
Neil has experience with trust restructuring, notably managing the restructuring of two complex trusts, which successfully attained a blessing from the Royal Court of Jersey.
He started his career in accountancy roles in London and Guernsey before moving to Switzerland in 2007, where he moved into a trading role.
Neil is a fully qualified member of STEP.
About Me
"Outside of work I am a keen amateur sports enthusiast and, depending on the season, I am either found on my skis or on my road bike. I also love to relax in the kitchen creating menus, or dining out. I am a keen supporter of Caritas Geneva and Almighty Tree, and am studying towards the WSET sommelier qualification in my spare time."