In Focus
Caymanian returns from internationalassignment in London
Mrs. Joan Link and
Mr. Richard Douglas
Mrs. Joan Link, a Supervisor in the Trust& Corporate Services Department of the firm, Deloitte &Touche, recently returned after spending eight months in Londonand participating in a short-term assignment with two professionalfirms.
Mrs. Link who joined Deloitte & Touchein June 1997 as a Trust Administrator, grew up in Grand Caymanand is a 1993 graduate of the University of Waterloo with a BA(Honours) Degree in Management Studies.
Since joining the firm, she has taken advantageof its professional development assistance, and is now in thefinal stages of the ACIB / STEP Trustee Diploma course.
For three months of her assignment, shewas attached to the London office of the affiliate firm, Rawlinson& Hunter, where she assisted the Senior Partner for Trust& Tax with the implementation of tax strategies for the benefitof high net worth clients.
This project involved liaising with taxspecialists, attorneys, bankers, and trustees in other jurisdictions.Thereafter, Mrs. Link worked in the Private Client Departmentof Taylor Joynson Garrett, a London law firm. During this period,she assisted with the legal review of an existing offshore truststructure, and also assisted with a tax planning review and theimplementation of tax advice, as well a probate administration.
Commenting on her stay in London, Mrs. Linksaid "this assignment was very beneficial to me, particularlyfrom the point of view of gaining exposure to a tax planning environmentand the structuring of offshore vehicles to suit those plans.This experience will no doubt assist me in my career development."
Mr. Richard Douglas, Senior Partner in theTrust and Corporate Services Department in the Cayman office reflectedon this achievement and said: "One of the advantages of workingfor a global professional services firm is the ability to takeadvantage of opportunities for professional and career development.
"Deloitte & Touche is happy tohave been able to provide this opportunity for a member of staffwith great potential, and we thank the two firms in London fortheir cooperation in giving Joan such a diverse range of exposureduring her assignment."
Deloitte & Touche has been operatingin the Cayman Islands since 1973, and is a member firm of DeloitteTouche Tohmatsu.