John Roche

John Roche joined the Board in October 2024. He qualified as an Irish Chartered Accountant in 1988 and moved immediately to Guernsey to join the PwC predecessor firm, Coopers & Lybrand. He was seconded to the investment management practices at PwC Ireland (1996-1998) and PwC UK (2003-2008) returning on a full-time basis in 2009 to PwC Channel Islands, Guernsey office.

John, a Guernsey resident, brings many years of broad financial experience to the role, having spent more than 15 years as a Partner at PwC in Guernsey. During this time he served as managing partner of the Guernsey office for seven years and was leader of the firm’s Channel Islands Capital Markets Practice for 12 years. While at PwC, John specialised in providing audit and capital markets advisory services to listed investment companies and alternative asset management clients, developing extensive valuation experience.

Importance of contribution

John’s extensive experience and specialism in auditing as well as capital markets transactions is highly relevant to the Board in overseeing the Company’s delivery of its strategy and supports our goal of a highly effective Board.

Date of appointment

1 October 2024

Committee memberships

• Audit Committee

Current positions

• Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Riverstone Energy Limited