Carli is an associate director in our BVI Fiduciary and Corporate Governance team. She is a highly experienced independent director, specialising in corporate governance and board support to both BVI regulated and non-regulated entities, as well as acting as voluntary liquidator. Carli currently heads up the firm’s portfolio of corporate directorships and sits on the board to a host of BVI entities including, funds, managers, private investment companies, trusts and companies in the digital asset/crypto space.

Although Carli is a qualified attorney, she has spent most of her professional career in financial services at top-tier accountancy firms and financial institutions in a deal-making and advisory environment. Her background and experience has created an undeniable law-finance balance, a skill-set which has enabled her to advise a diverse groups of stakeholders on all sides of finance, credit and legal risk.

Carli joined Harneys in 2022. Prior to joining us, she held a number of senior roles at First Rand Bank, PwC and BDO where she managed large portfolios of commercial banking relationships, turnaround and restructuring mandates. Carli is a licensed business rescue practitioner in South Africa and is a member of the board for the Women’s Offshore Network in the BVI.