Rosemary Marr has been elected STEP Worldwide chairman at STEP Council in London.

Rosemary Marr has been elected STEP Worldwide chairman at STEP Council in London.

In other changes at the campaigning trusts and estates society, John Riches and Michael Young were re-elected as deputy chairmen of the society and Larry Frostiak was re-elected as Treasurer. Former chairman Richard Pease was elected a vice-president and Ian MacDonald, Kelly Massey-Carlier and Remi Aiyela were elected to STEP Council. Former Council members Edmund Fry and Richard Williams were thanked for their years of hard work.

Ms Marr said: “That there will be challenges is certain. Trust and estate practitioners are faced with an increasingly complex fiscal and regulatory regimes. We must continue our constructive dialogue with the key players who drive regulation and legislation at national and international levels to ensure they understand the business of our members and the benefits that a well educated trust and estate profession bring to all.”

In October Investec Trust appointed Rosemary Marr as a group consultant. She is based in Jersey but will spend much of her time in Investec Trust’s other jurisdictions of Guernsey, Geneva and Mauritius.

Ms Marr was previously a director of Pentera Trust Company in Jersey and before that she was managing director at Trident Trust Company in Jersey.

Prior to that she was a senior trust director at Standard Bank in Jersey.