Jaco Van Jaarsveld
Head, Fiduciary Services, Standard Bank Trust Company (Mauritius) Ltd
Jaco leads Standard Bank Mauritius’ trust and fiduciary business which has a team of highly qualified and experienced trust professionals delivering bespoke international fiduciary services, including trust, foundation and corporate services, family office and dynastic structures with a diversified asset base.
Jaco is a qualified South African Attorney, Conveyancer and Notary with a Law Degree, Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning and a Master’s Degree in Tax Law. As a practising Attorney he specialised in wealth and estate planning, efficient tax structuring and acted as Trustee on multiple Trusts. He is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and served on the committee of the South Africa, Johannesburg STEP branch.
Prior to joining Standard Bank, Jaco was the Head of Business Solutions and Executive Director of an independent trust and fiduciary business headquartered in Mauritius with offices in Switzerland, Dubai, South Africa and the British Virgin Islands, with a particular focus on the African market and where he was primarily responsible for devising and implementing trust, fiduciary and corporate solutions to protect wealth and assets, facilitate investment into Africa and assist African entrepreneurs to expand their businesses both regionally and globally.
