Dr. Simon J. Thornton is a member of Eurocastle's board of directors. Dr. Thornton is the chair of Guernsey Ports and Guernsey Water and is a non-States Member of the States Trading Supervisory Board, the Guernsey Government body that owns and overseas much of the Island’s critical infrastructure. Additionally, he is a director of several investment companies and serves as a director and advisor to a number of local trading companies. Until 2019, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the PraxisIFM Group, one of the largest independently owned financial services groups based in the Channel Islands. Dr. Thornton is a qualified chartered accountant. He was on the management board of PKF (Guernsey) Ltd until 2014, where he also served as an audit director. Prior to joining Praxis Group, he obtained a PhD at Nottingham University.
