Future Connect: Networking Event – June
Lead Through Impact
Thursday 19 June 2025
5.30 pm - 7.30 pm
BST
Location: The Pavilion, Jersey
Pricing: Future Connect Members

Future Connect: Lead Through Impact
As the future leaders of our finance industry, your professional growth and development are vital – not just for your own success, but for the industry as a whole. Join us for Future Connect: Lead Through Impact, an empowering event where we’ll explore the essence of great leadership, and the power of actions over status on the path to success.
We’re delighted to welcome Royston Guest- entrepreneur, best-selling author, motivational speaker, strategist and executive coach- as our guest speaker. This event will provide valuable insights, practical tools and actionable strategies to help you thrive in the fast-evolving financial landscape.
Royston will deliver a session on ‘Lead Without Title’ – why leadership is not about title – it’s about a way of thinking, feeling and acting.
Why Attend?
- Discover strategies for both business and personal growth
- Cultivate key leadership traits while enhancing communication and adaptability
- Network with ambitious peers and future leaders in finance
Take this opportunity to invest in your leadership potential and shape the future of our industry.
For more information, please contact a member of our events team.
Karolina Pilcher › Senior Strategy and Research Manager, Jersey Finance
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Karolina joined Jersey Finance as Strategic Projects Manager in May 2016, becoming Senior Manager in 2017.
Karolina is a qualified chartered accountant and a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Previous to Jersey Finance Karolina was an Advisory Manager with PwC in the Channel Islands where is she has managed a number of consultancy projects including regulatory and AML related projects at financial services providers and worked on the design and implementation of a new operating model for one of the leading global providers of financial services to institutional investors.
Karolina has worked with PwC for 9 years where she initially joined the Jersey tax practise with a focus on the tax regime for offshore funds. In 2010, Karolina joined the firm’s Advisory and Assurance teams working mainly on audit engagements with an asset management focus including private equity and fund of funds structures.
Karolina’s role at Jersey Finance is to lead a highly focused team dealing with projects and initiatives in the development of the finance industry.

Royston Guest Business Strategist & Performance Coach, Speaker, Author, The Life of a Business Leader Podcast
If you know anything about Royston Guest, if you have had any experience with him or his work, you know one thing above all else; he delivers.
Royston is Founder and CEO of Pathways Global, a fast growth consultancy, coaching and technology business dedicated in helping business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs avoid costly trial and error in growing and scaling their business.
He is also best-selling author of Built to Grow and RISE, a sought-after conference/keynote speaker, business consultant and executive coach.
An entrepreneur at heart, Royston sold his first business after just 3 years. Since then, he’s built multiple businesses and works with a portfolio of fast growth businesses across diverse sectors. Royston also sits on several boards as a non-executive director and advisor.
Agenda
Grant Thornton Limited is a leading Channel Island professional services practice. With a combined staffing strength of more than 240 people, we are the Channel Islands member of Grant Thornton International, one of the world’s leading international networks of independently owned and managed accounting and consulting firms.
Grant Thornton International is not a worldwide partnership. Services are delivered independently by the member firms and as a member firm within the Grant Thornton International network, Grant Thornton Limited has access to member and correspondent firms in over 145 countries, with a network of more than 56,000 employees, offering client’s specialist local knowledge, supported by international expertise and methodologies.