Our Team

Martin began his career in the London insurance market in 1970 as an aviation facultative broker with Lloyd’s broker C E Heath. In 1983 Martin moved to Guernsey to join Transglobe Underwriting Management (Guernsey) Limited and was then appointed Managing Director of Polygon in 1995, who were the majority capacity provider to Transglobe.

In 2001 Martin orchestrated the management buyout of the fee-based companies from Polygon which formed the basis for a new company, Heritage Group Limited.  In 2005 Martin also led the buyout of the Hiscox group’s shareholding of the Heritage Group and was instrumental in the Heritage Group’s expansion. During this time Martin was Chairman of Heritage Trust Company, Heritage Fund Admin, Heritage Insurance Brokers and Heritage Captive Management.  Martin then organised the sale and purchase of the airline founder’s shareholding in Polygon.

In 2008, Martin stepped down as Chief Executive Officer, moving to the role of Non-Executive Chairman of Heritage Group until 2014. Polygon then sold its shareholding in the Heritage Group and Martin purchased the rest of management's shareholding in Polygon, making the Polygon Collective a family office. Martin now focuses exclusively on the development of the Polygon Collective.

Polygon Collective has grown enormously since then and Polygon Serviced Offices are now the Channel Islands largest supplier of serviced offices and Polymetrix is the largest and most respected data and benefits survey company in the Channel Islands. With the re-branding of the Vantage companies to Polygon, we are a strong player as a pension trustee in Jersey and one of the fastest growing insurance brokers in the Channel Islands.

Martin also holds the chairmanship for the Guernsey Nature Commission and is a president of the Guernsey Rugby Club.

Ed is a NED for the Polygon Collective, but his primary role is as Deputy Chairman of the Polygon Collective’s Jersey based Insurance and Pensions businesses.

Additional to this, Ed works with a small portfolio of high growth companies who are looking for early-stage capital. He has developed a strong network of sophisticated investors and works with businesses from a range of commercial sectors but focuses on technology companies.

Ed has been an Executive and Non-Executive Director to several businesses and has also provided project management and consultancy services to private and public sector organisations. He is currently on the Board of Calligo Limited and is also President of the charity EYECAN and a Governor of St Michael’s School.  His early career was with the Ford Motor Company and on returning to the Channel Islands he was the HR Director of the Le Riche Group Limited prior to becoming Managing Director of C.I. Hospitality, the Channel Islands’ largest pub estate. He led this business through major change prior to its ultimate acquisition by the Liberation Group.  In a consulting role he has assisted in the creation of Digital Jersey, Visit Jersey and Jersey Sport.

Ed holds an MBA from Ashridge Hult Business School.

Paul joined Polygon Group as the Chief Operating Officer in 2018 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in February 2020. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in his home, New Zealand, before re-locating with KPMG to Guernsey.

With more than 25 years’ experience, Paul brings with him strong commercial finance experience having worked as Finance Director for Blue Diamond Group for over a decade driving significant growth and profitability and subsequently as Finance Director for International Energy Group, a multi-jurisdictional role where he was instrumental in the restructuring and sale of the company delivering significant value to the shareholder.

Paul has a wide-reaching responsibility for the Collective including responsibility for its finance and operational functions as well as having significant involvement in its investment portfolio.  He is a director of Polygon (Jersey) Limited, Polygon Pension Trustees Limited, Polygon Insurance Brokers Limited and also Polygon Insurance Company Limited which is a Guernsey regulated insurance company.

Paul is member of the Australia and New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Joanna is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has over 20 years’ experience in providing, implementing, and supporting a wide range of software solutions in both the commercial and financial sectors.

She joined Polygon Group Limited in 2008 working for one of the investment companies as the Accounting and Technical Officer and became IT Director of the Vantage Group in 2017 (now Polygon).

Joanna is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She was appointed to the Board of Polygon Collective in 2020 and her role has wide-ranging responsibility including infrastructure and system development coupled with her group accounting role.
In 2022, Joanna became a Director of the Vantage regulated businesses.

Liaising with external IT providers, she maintains the group’s Cyber Essentials Certification and leads the data protection team.

Jo is a Director on the following regulated companies:

• Polygon (Jersey) Limited
• Polygon Pension Trustees Limited
• Polygon Insurance Brokers Limited

Lisa is a Board member and head of pensions at Polygon Pensions. She is a professionally qualified trust estate practitioner with 21 years’ experience in the finance industry.

Born and educated in Wales, Lisa initially worked at Barclays before moving into trust and company administration, working for various established trust companies, both in Jersey and the BVI.

Lisa has two sons and apart from spending time with her family, her main interests outside the office are following rugby and spending time with friends.

Martin is our technical specialist and is the point of contact for financial advisors and companies. He is professionally qualified and has over 25 years’ experience in the industry.

Born and educated in England he moved to Jersey 33 years ago. Martin started his career working in both retail banking and investment houses, providing investment advice both domestically and internationally.

He has been part of the consultation process in connection with the changes in pension legislation and the revised guidance notes and he is part of the working party with the tax office that meets regularly to discuss the changes in pensions.

Rachel joined the company in 2023 and is the Assistant Manager in the Pensions department.

She holds the ICSA diploma qualification and has over 20 years of experience in the finance industry.

Raised and educated in Jersey, Rachel has 2 sons and apart from spending time her family she enjoys socialising with her friends and keeping fit.

Andreia joined the company in 2019 as a pensions administrator. She recently passed the STEP Certificate in International Trust Management.

Andreia’s prior work experience ranges from office work, retail and hospitality.

Originally from Madeira, Andreia moved to Jersey in 2011. In her spare time she loves travelling, shopping and cooking.

Sandra is a pension administrator, who joined the company in 2021. She is a professionally qualified trust estate practitioner with 15 years’ experience in the finance industry.

Born and educated in Jersey, Sandra has three daughters and a dog who keep her busy, however in her spare time Sandra enjoys spending time with friends, reading and walking.