Michael Giraud

Office Location

Jersey

Short Biography

Michael leads Standard Bank’s Jersey trust business managing bespoke dynastic structures with a diversified asset base. He has particular experience working with structures holding residential and commercial property, large complex investment portfolios, directly held private equity, multi-investor structures and family companies. Michael was educated in South Africa and England. He has a BA (Hons) in Business Studies, is a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants and is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He has been named by eprivateclient as a Top 35 Under 35 on multiple occasions, as trustee of the year Channel Islands and IOM (2023) by Citywealth and he has been recommended as a trustee by the Private Client Global Elite Directory 2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023. Michael is also a global committee member for the STEP International Client Special Interest Group. He speaks English and French.

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