Our Team

Graeme W Briggs is the founder and Singapore based Managing Director of the Asiaciti Trust Group. He is an Australian Chartered Accountant who has been directly involved in the international tax planning and international trust services industry since 1971. Over the past 38 years he has developed extensive experience in international tax and corporate planning with particular specialisation in international or foreign trusts, asset protection and estate planning, wealth preservation planning, international investment structures, and captive or offshore insurance. He is a member of the International Tax Planning Association, the International Fiscal Association, the Society of Trust and Estate Planners, and was a founding Senator of the Offshore Institute.

Adrian L Taylor is the Group's Managing Director, Trust Services, based in the Cook Islands. He is a Barrister & Solicitor in the High Court of Australia, and is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the Cook Islands and New Zealand. Prior to joining Asiaciti Trust in 1997, Adrian practised as a commercial/tax lawyer with a major regional law firm in Australia. He specialised in advising private clients on trusts and other structures designed to minimise tax and protect family wealth. Adrian has almost 20 years experience in providing advice on trust and taxation matters.

Angela Nicolson is an Australian Chartered Accountant with a Masters Degree in Taxation. Before joining Asiaciti Trust in the Samoa office in January 2003, Angela was a Taxation Principal with Deloitte, Melbourne, where she led the superannuation, pension and retirement tax practice. Angela is a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia, and was previously a member of its Superannuation Tax Subcommittee. Angela has over 15 years experience in providing taxation advice to private and institutional clients.

Cara Briggs is an Australian Chartered Accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne.  Cara initially joined Asiaciti Trust in 2004 as the General Manager of Asiaciti Trust Hong Kong.  She later spent two years with a major Swiss Private Bank as a Wealth Planning Consultant before returning to Asiaciti Trust Singapore in June 2009.  Cara's prior experience includes both corporate tax and private client tax consulting with 'Big 4' accounting firms in Australia.

Sam Ruha is a New Zealand Chartered Accountant and joined Asiaciti Trust in early 2004. He holds a Bachelor of Commence degree from the University of Auckland where his specialist interests were in finance & taxation. Prior to joining Asiaciti Trust he had an eighteen year career history in professional accounting firms and in finance and management.

Lauren Williams is the General Manager of the Asiaciti Trust New Zealand office. Lauren has both a law and a commerce degree from the University of Auckland and is a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. Prior to joining Asiaciti Trust, Lauren worked for a top tier New Zealand firm where she specialised in taxation and trust law matters for both corporate and private clients.