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Off The Rail

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Debra Wilson is the head of Client Management and is also a director on the board of HSBC Securities (Guernsey) Limited. She has worked in the finance industry for more than 30 years. She loves to travel and feels her current job allows her to see many different places and meet people from across the [...]

Onwards and Upwards

Photographed by John de Garis, February 2012

Colin Macleod, Chief Executive of the Channel Islands Co-operative, tells GBG that while the business continues to grow at a rate of knots, it’ll never lose its local heartbeat. “I have worked for The Co-operative in the Channel Islands for over 20 years. I started with the Society in 1990 as a Trainee Manager within the food business [...]

Messing about in boats

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It’s that time of the year to get your boat seaworthy and ready to sail. We asked a local marine maintenance specialist to provide a few general tips on what you should be doing to prepare for the boating season and, most important of all, how to stay safe afloat. Being safe as sea is a must so while engine [...]

The Interview

January 2012, photographed by John de Garis

Sir Geoffrey Rowland – a man of the people He has worked at the coalface of local law and Crown office for four decades and now, as Sir  Geoffrey Rowland prepares to retire as Bailiff , he talks to Jill Chadwick about the closing of one exciting chapter of his life and the beginning of [...]

Welcome to March issue

January 2012, photographed by John de Garis

Wow, what a fabulous month we have had at GBG and we are knocked out by the response to our new look magazine which is packed full of news, views and lifestyle features. We are proud that the Bailiff Sir Geoffrey Rowland agreed to talk to us as he prepares to retire after a long and very distinguished career in both [...]

The Interview – Jeanie Lynch from Barnardo’s

The Interview

Guernsey is soon to have a new one stop shop young people’s advice and support centre backed by the national Barnardo’s charity. GBG met up with Jeanie Lynch who is going to help make it all happen. Feisty, with flame-coloured hair and a passion for making life better for vulnerable young people, Jeanie Lynch leaves [...]

Off The Rail

October 2011, photographed by John de Garis

  Justine Mallett, Senior Relationship Manager of Business Development Marketing at ABN AMRO (Guernsey) Limited, has worked in the finance industry for over 20 years in client-facing roles. She is also heavily involved ABN Amro sponsored Women lunch series wth a membership has now grown to nearly 500 Justine juggles the demands of those family being the proud of [...]

GBG Interviews Jane St Pier

January 2012, photographed by John de Garis

  Jane St Pier is a great believer in having the power to talk about how you feel – and she is keenly aware that many young people lack a friendly ear at difficult times in their lives. It’s the reason why she and her Young People Guernsey Committee have raised a staggering £107,000 to [...]

On the Sofa with…Bob Haskins

January 2012, photographed by John de Garis

Bob Haskins came to Guernsey in 1976 after training as a doctor in Wales followed by medical studies as a flying officer in the RAF. He has just retired from the Medical Specialist Group where he was a senior obstetrician and gynaecologist.  While he has plenty of ideas to keep him busy within the local [...]

Five ‘Peel Pie’ Facts You May Not Know

Five things you didn't know

Five ‘Peel Pie’ Facts A few days ago Kenneth Branagh was spotted having afternoon tea at Croix Guerin Had it not been for a fog clamp down at Guernsey airport the book would never have been written The movie will make a superstar of a Guernsey schoolgirl The film makers hope to import pigs to [...]

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