In total, almost 50 figures at Ogier have seen promotions and other progressions. Jurisdictions affected include the Channel Islands, BVI and Hong Kong.

Ogier, an offshore professional services firm, has announced the career progression of 47 of its team members around the world, including 17 lawyers, as well as those in the corporate and business services side.

In the corporate and fiduciary division, 17 people have been recognised; the firm has also done so for 13 people in human resources, business development, IT, regulatory operations, risk and compliance.

On the legal side in Jersey, Ross Forde has been promoted to managing associate with Kamogelo Sono and Penjani Mseteka moving up to senior associate, all in the banking and finance team. Danielle Newton and Dylan Cox have become associates, while Mia Dixon is now a senior paralegal.

There are four promotions in Ogier's Luxembourg legal services, Fabiana Popescu and Lucie Steinmetz are now managing associates, while Laurianne Vessot and Maddalena Bonamini Leitner are now senior associates, Ogier said in a statement earlier this week. 

In Hong Kong Sabrina Leung has been promoted to senior legal manager, while Boris Lam is also moving up the ladder to become legal manager. Grace Gao has progressed to counsel.

Suneeta Lee has progressed to senior associate in the Cayman Islands with Marika Scotland becoming an associate. Carl Moran has been promoted to managing associate in Ogier's British Virgin Islands office. In London, Oksana Lutsiv is now an associate.

In Ogier Global, there were nine promotions in Jersey. Craig Healey and Kris Rive are now senior managers, while Kirsteen Moulson and Erica Harman are both now client accounting services managers and Lucy Fraser and Jake Muirhead are both managers. Monica Sandru is moving up to fund accountant, Cerys Griffith is promoted to senior administrator and Holly Ovenden is moving up to become an administrator.

In Hong Kong, Maggie Yip is now a client relationship manager, Michelle Lam and Serene Lai have been promoted to manager, with Miki Wong progressing to administrator.

Vilma Burke is now an associate director in the Cayman Islands, with Katelyn McLaughlin progressing to administrator. Jeff Pamplin has been progressed in Ireland to head of fund administration for Ogier Global Fund Services, while Mafalda Da Silva Pereira is now an accountant in Luxembourg Corporate and Fund Services.

Seven of the promotions across Ogier's Business Services teams are in Jersey, where Courtney Sansom is now HR operations and systems manager, Kathleen King is now regulatory operations controls manager, Laura Malpass has been promoted to managing legal counsel, Virendra Barbate and Vicky Cafferkey have been promoted to business systems managers, while Maria Varsanyi-Danyi is now a corporate governance senior administrator and Tatiana Fernandes has become reward and employee value proposition manager.

In Luxembourg, Carine Boutin is now senior business development manager, while Mike Gueguen has been progressed to assistant manager on the IT service desk. In Hong Kong, Melody Wong and Kira Cheung are both now senior CDD officers. Michelle Ebanks has progressed to assistant manager in the Cayman Islands, while Nigel Williams has been progressed to compliance assistant manager in the British Virgin Islands.