Our business started at the end of 1974 when The General Trust Company Limited (‘GTC’) was formed in Guernsey. For the next ten years GTC was run from the office of an English lawyer and the company gradually built up its clientele from all parts of the world.
In 1984 GTC became a member of the New World group of trust companies. At the same time a Monaco incorporated service company was acquired by the group both to take over the management of GTC and to provide a Monaco office for New World Trust Corporation. Shortly after this, in September 1985, Ian Ledger joined the group from Kleinwort Benson in London with the task of building the business in Monaco.
In 1997, Ian Ledger and John Caseley effected a management buy-out of the trust and company management business in Monaco. This included GTC and the Monaco Company, which was renamed Landmark Management SAM.
In 2000, Nigel Carter joined the group from a trust company based in the Isle of Man and the business is now majority owned by Ian, John and Nigel.
In April, 2003 Nigel set up the office in Geneva to provide the group with a higher profile in Switzerland and access to a wider clientele and then at the end of 2007, we bought out a well respected trust company in Hong Kong to further extend our network of offices.
We now have over 60 staff in these centres who can provide between them a comprehensive range of administrative services. Each clients needs are different and we adapt ourselves to meet those needs rather than expect a client to change the habits of a lifetime to match pre-conceived systems.
Finally and in order to compliment these offices we have additional trust companies in Panama, New Zealand and Nevis and an interest in a trust company in Bermuda so that we can provide a truly global answer to our clients requirements.