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Cone Marshall Ltd
Auckland, New Zealand
Partners
Geoffrey Cone
LLB, DP L (Hons), TEP, CTA
Geoffrey Cone is a leading international trust and tax planning attorney, and the founder and Senior Principal of Cone Marshall Limited. Cone is a respected authority in his industry, and as such, has shared his vast knowledge and expertise in publications such as Trusts & Trustees, Rothschild Trust Review, New Zealand Law Journal, among many others.
Additionally, he has been a contributing author to the World Trusts Survey and International Trust Disputes (both Oxford University Press), Law of Offshore Jurisdictions, International Trusts Guide, and Trident Guide to International Trusts. Cone began practicing commercial litigation as well as tax and trust advisory work in 1980.As Partner and Chairman of Partners at a leading Christchurch law firm, his tenure was marked by cases at all levels of the New Zealand courts as leading counsel and the Privy Council in London.
Later, Cone took his comprehensive litigation and advisory experience and further applied it by serving as a litigator in the British West Indies for two years. In 1998, he returned to New Zealand to establish his own firm, Cone and Co., which would later be transformed to Cone Marshall Limited in 2007. Cone’s long and illustrious career has made him a foremost international trust and tax planning figure, which is why some of the world’s wealthiest families, most prominent banks, and respected lawyers and advisors entrusted his firm their work and assets.
Fundador e Diretor Sênior, Cone Marshall Limited
Geoffrey Cone é um advogado importante na área de trusts e gestão patrimonial internacional. Fundador e Diretor Sênior da Cone Marshall Limited, na Nova Zelândia, Geoffrey é uma autoridade respeitada no mercado. Ele tem compartilhado seu conhecimento e experiência em publicações internacionais como a Revista Trusts & Trustees, Rothschild Trust Review, New Zealand Law Journal, entre muitas outras.
Além disso, Geoffrey tem contribuído para a Pesquisa Mundial sobre Trusts e Disputas Internacionais sobre Trusts (ambas pela Oxford University Press), Law of Offshore Jurisdictions, International Trusts Guide, e Trident Guide to International Trusts.
Geoffrey começou sua carreira na área contenciosa commercial e na consultoria tributária e de trusts em 1980. Como sócio e sócio-diretor de um reconhecido escritório de advocacia neozelandês, capitaneou casos em todos os níveis da Justiça Neozelandesa, bem como, no Conselho Privado do Reino Unido, em Londres. Posteriormente, ele aplicou seu conhecimento e experiência em consultoria e contencioso, trabalhando por dois anos como advogado nos territórios britânicos no Caribe. Em 1998, retornou à Nova Zelândia para começar seu próprio escritório, Cone and Co., o qual se transformou em Cone Marshall Limited em 2007.
A trajetória de Geoffrey Cone o tornou um dos profissionais mais respeitados do mercado de trusts e gestão patrimonial internacional e, por esse motivo, algumas das mais bem sucedidas família do mundo, bem como as grandes instituições financeiras e escritórios de advocacia e consultoria, confiam a ele seu trabalho e seu patrimônio.
Presidente y tesorero del directorio
Geoffrey Cone es un destacado abogado en materia de trusts internacionales y planificación impositiva, y es el fundador y director principal de Cone Marshall Limited. El Sr. Cone es una respetada autoridad dentro de su industria, y como tal, ha compartido su vasto conocimiento y expertisse en publicaciones tales como “Trusts & Trustees”, “Rothschild Trust Review”, y “New Zealand Law Journal” entre otras.
Asimismo, ha contribuido con “the World Trusts Survey” e “International Trust Disputes” (ambas pertenecientes a la prensa de la Universidad de Oxford), “Law of Offshore Jurisdiction”, “International Trusts Guide” y “Trident Guide to International Trusts”. El sr. Cone comenzó su carrera como litigante en materia comercial y como asesor impositivo y en materia de trusts en la década de 1980. Como socio y presidente de socios de una destacada firma de Christchurch, su experiencia fue marcada por casos en todos los niveles en los juzgados neozelandeses como un destacado asesor y en el Consejo Privado de Londres.
Luego, el Sr. Cone tomó su vasta experiencia como litigante y asesor y la aplicó sirviendo como litigante en las Indias Occidentales Británicas por dos años. En 1998 regresó a Nueva Zelanda para constituir su propia firma: Cone and Co., la cual luego sería reconvertida en “Cone Marshall Limited” en el año 2007. La larga e ilustrativa carrera del Sr. Cone lo ha convertido en una figura principal en planificación impositiva y trusts internacionales, motivo por el cual algunas de las familias más acaudaladas del mundo, principales bancos y respetados abogados y asesores le han encargado a su firma sus trabajos y activos.
Claudia Shan
LLB, BCom, TEP
Senior Partner at Cone Marshall Limited
Head of Legal and International Compliance
Claire Cooke
BA, LLB, TEP
Managing Director at Cone Marshall Limited
Barrister & Solicitor New Zealand
Claire Cooke was born, raised and educated in South Africa and is fluent in both English and Afrikaans. She completed her BA at Rhodes University and her LLB at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and converted her qualifications when she emigrated to New Zealand. Claire holds a practicing certificate issued by the New Zealand Law Society and is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Claire joined Cone Marshall in 2009 and has been mentored by both Karen Marshall and Geoffrey Cone in the area of international trust and tax planning. During her time at the firm, Claire has developed into a competent and skilled advisor who builds a rapport with clients and pays careful attention to their particular circumstances and needs.
Claire is a director of trust companies in the role of trustee. She has a wealth of experience in the trust and tax planning area, particularly with regards to the settlement and management of trusts, companies and limited partnerships in New Zealand and abroad and the migration of companies to and from New Zealand. Claire particularly relishes the challenges associated with the restructuring of existing structures which span over several jurisdictions.
Gerard Aquilina
BA, JD, LLM, STEP, ITPA
Of Council
Associates
BA, LLB, TEP
Director at Cone Marshall Limited
Barrister & Solicitor New Zealand
BSoc Sc, LLB, LLM
Senior Associate
Barrister & Solicitor New Zealand
Attorney (South Africa)
LLB, Pg Dip Bus, BA (Eco)
Associate
Barrister & Solicitor New Zealand
Solicitors & Law Clerks
Solicitor
Barrister & Solicitor New Zealand
Lawyer (Argentina)
Compliance Officers
Cone Marshall Services Ltd
Auckland, New Zealand
David Apfel
BCompt, ACA
David Apfel is an experienced Accounting and Audit professional with over 30 years in the profession. His professional career has seen him work for both private and public companies at a high level, in a variety of industries.
David started his career with PKF South Africa, one of the largest mid-tier accounting firms in South Africa, providing multi-disciplinary auditing, accounting and business advisory services. Moving to the UK in 1994, he joined Hamlet Group Plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, as financial controller.
David moved to New Zealand in 2011 and joined Cone Marshall Limited to look after the financial reporting needs of their clients. Later, becoming a director of Cone Marshall Services Ltd, he helped grow the accounting and tax offerings provided by Cone Marshall.
International Financial Reporting Standards, usually called IFRS, are standards issued by the IFRS Foundation and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to provide a common global language for business affairs so that company accounts are understandable and comparable across international boundaries. David has experience of providing clients in multiple jurisdictions with solutions to their reporting obligations, in particular, South Africa, New Zealand, The United States and the United Kingdom.
During a brief period in his career, David took time off to qualify as an SAP consultant and, using his accounting experience and skills, helped develop training material and deliver end user training for SAP UK. He is currently a member of Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand and works as CFO for the Cone Marshall group of companies.
Cone Marshall Swiss Trustees SA
Geneva, Switzerland
Sean Breslin
TEP
Tatiana Vinzia
TEP
Cone Marshall Swiss Trustees SA
Lugano, Switzerland
Sean Breslin
TEP
CM Services UY S.A.
Montevideo, Uruguay
Ivan Martini
MCJ, TEP
Ivan Martini is the Managing Director of CM Services UY S.A. in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Martini is a STEP certified Argentine lawyer with a Masters Degree at NYU. Before joining Cone Marshall in Uruguay Martini worked as a Wealth Planning Advisor specializing in Latin America for the private banking divisions of Coutts & Co., Merrill Lynch, HSBC, Barclays and Julius Baer. He has held said positions in the Cayman Islands, Uruguay, the US and Switzerland, travelling regularly to all of Latin America. Martini´s working relationship with his clients’ legal and tax advisors provides him with extensive and updated knowledge of the Latin American regulatory framework, which proves vital at the time of finding the right estate planning solution for his clients.
Martini speaks five languages including Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian and French.
Ivan Martini es Director Gerente de CM Services UY S.A. en Montevideo, Uruguay.
El Sr. Martini es un abogado argentino certificado por STEP con maestría en la Universidad de Nueva York. Previo a unirse a Cone Marshall en Uruguay, el Sr. Martini trabajó como asesor en planificación patrimonial, especializándose en Latinoamérica para divisiones de banca privada de Coutts & Co. Merrill Lynch, HSBC, Barclays y Julius Baer. Ha mantenido dichas posiciones en las Islas Caiman, Uruguay, Estados Unidos y Suiza, viajando regularmente por toda Latinoamérica.
Las relaciones entabladas por el Sr. Martini y los asesores legales e impositivos de sus clientes le han dado una vasto conocimiento y lo ha mantenido actualizado en materia de marcos regulatorios en Latinoamérica, lo que resulta vital a la hora de encontrar soluciones para sus clientes con respecto a temas de planificación patrimonial.
El Sr. Martini habla cinco lenguas, incluyendo español, inglés, portugués, italiano y francés.
Cone Marshall
Asunción, Paraguay
Teton Trust Company LLC
Jackson, Wyoming
New York, NY, USA – Representative Office
Miami, FL, USA – Representative Office
Katrina Robinson
Bar Admission: State of New York Admitida por el BAR en el Estado de Nueva York
Katrina Robinson is responsible for business operations in the U.S., business development, and acting as a liaison with the Cone Marshall group. Robinson is an attorney admitted to practice in New York. She has worked with family offices and private clients. Prior to law school, she worked as a portfolio manager with an international wealth management team at the Royal Bank of Canada in New York City. Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, she is a graduate of Princeton University, University of Cambridge and Cardozo School of Law. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese.
CEO e Diretora, Teton Trust Company
Katrina Robinson é responsável pelas operações nos Estados Unidos, pelo desenvolvimento de negócios e atua como ponto de contato com o Grupo Cone Marshall. Katrina é advogada admitida na New York Bar Association e trabalha há anos com clientes pessoas físicas, famílias e family offices. Anteriormente à carreira jurídica, ela trabalhou como gerente de portfólio de um time internacional de wealth management do Royal Bank of Canada em Nova Iorque. Nascida em Kingston, na Jamaica, Katrina se formou na Universidade de Princeton, na Universidade de Cambridge e na Cardozo School of Law. Ela é fluente em inglês e espanhol e fala português.
CEO y Directora Ejecutiva, Socia, Miembro del directorio.
Katrina Robinson es responsable de operaciones de negocios en los Estados Unidos, desarrollo de negocios, y actúa como nodo del grupo Cone Marshall. La Sra. Robinson es una abogada con matrícula habilitante para practicar derecho en Nueva York. Ha trabajado con Family Offices y clientes privados. Previo a sus estudios de derecho, trabajó como administradora de carteras con un equipo de administración de patrimonio internacional en el Royal Bank of Canada en la Ciudad de Nueva York. Proveniente de Kingston, Jamaica, se graduó en la Universidad de Princeton, Universidad de Cambridge y facultad de Derecho de Cardozo de Nueva York. Habla español y portugués.Abbie Flaherty
LLB, BA, TEP
Board of Directors
Geoffrey Cone
Prior to forming TTC, Geoffrey Cone founded the law practice Cone Marshall Limited (“Cone Marshall”), then known as Cone and Co., in Auckland, New Zealand in 1998. Cone continues to serve as Principal of Cone Marshall and practices in the area of trust and tax planning.
Cone began practicing commercial litigation as well as tax and trust advisory work in 1980. As Partner and Chairman of Partners at a leading Christchurch law firm, his tenure was marked by cases at all levels of the New Zealand courts as leading counsel and the Privy Council in London.
Later, Cone took his comprehensive litigation and advisory experience and further applied it by serving as a litigator in the British West Indies for two years. Cone graduated from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand with an LLB and honours, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Tax and Trust law with distinction.
David Harris
David Harris has over 40 years of practical experience in both law and investment banking, specializing in UK private and international business clients, as well as public companies. Early in his career, he practiced law for 12 years and became a partner in the London law firm of Nabarro Nathanson focusing upon taxation and property law.
After leaving Nabarros in 1982 he joined NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd., London investment bankers, where he pioneered the development of the Bank’s international trust business and lead this for the next 26 years. In 1985 he became a Fellow of the Institute of Taxation by thesis on the taxation of private companies.
In 1987 David was appointed to the main board of NM Rothschild & Sons Limited in London. He also served as a director of many other Rothschild Group companies outside the UK and worked with senior members of the Rothschild family. In the same year David was appointed the London CEO of the Rothschild Trust Group which became successful in Europe, the USA, Latin America, Asia and South Africa.
David became non executive in 2005 and was later appointed Chairman until his retirement in 2008.
Paolo Panico
Paolo Panico has experience in law and business as the Chairman of Private Trustees SA, an independent trust company based in Luxembourg. Panico, who speaks eight languages, is qualified as a solicitor in Scotland and as an “avocat à la Cour” in Luxembourg. He also serves as an adjunct law professor at the University of Luxembourg and the University of Liechtenstein, where he teaches international and comparative trust law.
In 2017 Panico was appointed Chairman of the STEP Europe Region and he became a Council Member of STEP as January 1st, 2021. Panico is a member of the International Academy of Estate and Trusts Law (TIAETL), Vice Chairman of the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA), and a council member of the Italian Trust Society (Associazione “Il Trust in Italia”).
Douglas Barnes
LLB, BA, TEP
Douglas Barnes is an attorney and member of the New York Bar. He has a focus on corporate law practice on early-stage companies and technology-related transactions. Before embarking on a career in law, Barnes had a fifteen-year career in the IT field that progressed from developing banking and accounting software to co-founding the security software company C2Net (now part of Red Hat). Prior to launching his own law firm in 2015, Barnes practiced corporate and technology transactions law at Sullivan and Cromwell, Milbank, and Gibson Dunn. Barnes grew up very close to Wyoming, in Fort Collins, Colorado, and maintains close connections to the area. Barnes received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and also has a B.S. in Computer Science from Colorado State University and a B.A. in Humanities from the University of Texas at Austin.
Cone Marshall HK Ltd
Hong Kong
Ada Wai Shan NG
Managing Director Head of Greater China
Ada joined Cone Marshall HK office in 2022 as Chief Relationship Officer. She is responsible for business development and client relationships across Asia especially in HK and China.
Ada has worked in the finance industry and has a strong banking and insurance background specialized in business strategy and sales management. She has worked with clients and their advisors to find solutions to their wealth planning needs. She has over 20 years of experience in management positions including 15 years in the banking and finance industry. Her extensive experience includes she was the Chief Executive and Responsible Officer of Citi Insurance Brokers of Citibank (HK), Head of Cross Border Banking Services in Hang Seng Bank (HK) and Head of Cross Border Business Development in China Citic Bank International. Ada received her BSS from The University of Hong Kong, she holds a Diploma in Trust & Estate Planning from The Society of Business Practitioners in England and a Certificate of Occupational Competence in Estate Planning and Trust Management of the People’s Republic of China. Ada is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
Shanna Chen
LLB, BCom
Claudia Shan
LLB, BCom, TEP
Claudia completed her conjoint degrees BCom/LLB at the University of Auckland. Prior to entering practice in a leading New Zealand law firm in 2004, she worked in the Auckland office of Ernst & Young, focusing on tax. She has also worked in the Island of Guernsey, the Channel Islands, for almost 6 years for two leading offshore law firms and was at the time enrolled and admitted to practice as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.
Claudia specialises in all aspects of trust, private client, and international wealth planning. Claudia has advised a wide range of clients, both residents and non-residents, on local and foreign trusts, tax residency, asset protection, FATCA, Common Reporting Standards, international tax, and trust law issues. Claudia is recognised as a specialist and has been appointed for a second term to 2 Auckland District Law Society committees, namely, The AML/CFT Law Committee and the Trust Law Committee. She advises clients in respect to asset protection, establishment, administration, restructuring and winding up/termination of clients’ personal, investment and business structures including trusts, companies, and limited partnerships. She also advises clients in respect to their compliance, regulatory and anti-money laundering obligations.
She has advised many of the leading international trust companies, high net worth individuals, private companies, family businesses, multi-national banks, and globally renowned financial services organisations. Claudia is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She has published a number of articles in Private Client Practitioner, Tax Planning International and Trust & Trustees. Claudia also contributes to the New Zealand chapter of The Private Wealth & Private Client Law Review for the International Comparatives Legal Guide (ICLG).
Ciemme Trustees Srl
Milan, Italy
Geoffrey Cone
LLB, DP L (Hons), TEP, CTA
Geoffrey Cone is a leading international trust and tax planning attorney, and the founder and Senior Principal of Cone Marshall Limited. Cone is a respected authority in his industry, and as such, has shared his vast knowledge and expertise in publications such as Trusts & Trustees, Rothschild Trust Review, New Zealand Law Journal, among many others.
Additionally, he has been a contributing author to the World Trusts Survey and International Trust Disputes (both Oxford University Press), Law of Offshore Jurisdictions, International Trusts Guide, and Trident Guide to International Trusts. Cone began practicing commercial litigation as well as tax and trust advisory work in 1980.As Partner and Chairman of Partners at a leading Christchurch law firm, his tenure was marked by cases at all levels of the New Zealand courts as leading counsel and the Privy Council in London.
Later, Cone took his comprehensive litigation and advisory experience and further applied it by serving as a litigator in the British West Indies for two years. In 1998, he returned to New Zealand to establish his own firm, Cone and Co., which would later be transformed to Cone Marshall Limited in 2007. Cone’s long and illustrious career has made him a foremost international trust and tax planning figure, which is why some of the world’s wealthiest families, most prominent banks, and respected lawyers and advisors entrusted his firm their work and assets.
Davies Street Trustees Limited
London, UK
David Harris
David Harris has over 40 years of practical experience in both law and investment banking, specializing in UK private and international business clients, as well as public companies. Early in his career, he practiced law for 12 years and became a partner in the London law firm of Nabarro Nathanson focusing upon taxation and property law.
After leaving Nabarros in 1982 he joined NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd., London investment bankers, where he pioneered the development of the Bank’s international trust business and lead this for the next 26 years. In 1985 he became a Fellow of the Institute of Taxation by thesis on the taxation of private companies.
In 1987 David was appointed to the main board of NM Rothschild & Sons Limited in London. He also served as a director of many other Rothschild Group companies outside the UK and worked with senior members of the Rothschild family. In the same year David was appointed the London CEO of the Rothschild Trust Group which became successful in Europe, the USA, Latin America, Asia and South Africa.
David became non executive in 2005 and was later appointed Chairman until his retirement in 2008.
Matthew Gamman
Cone Marshall(BVI) Ltd
Road Town, British Virgin Islands
Cone Marshall
São Paulo, Brazil
Gabriela Castelano
LL.M
Representante no Brasil
Gabriela é responsável por nossas operações brasileiras, atuando como ponto de contato com o Grupo Cone Marshall. Formada em Direito pela UNESP – Franca (2010), pelo Insper – Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (LL.M. em Direito Tributário Brasileiro, 2014) e Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. em Direito Tributário Internacional, 2016). Gabriela é advogada admitida na OAB-SP e, antes de se juntar ao Grupo, ela trabalhou em escritórios de grande prestígio em São Paulo e Nova Iorque. Gabriela tem vasta experiência nas áreas de tributação internacional, gestão e sucessão patrimonial. Ela é fluente em inglês.Weslley Fernandes
LL.B
Weslley is a Brazilian qualified lawyer and is responsible for our business development and client relationships in Brazil. Graduated from University Centre of João Pessoa – Paraíba (J.D. 2012), he is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association (“OAB”). He joined our New Zealand office in 2021 as Legal Assistant and Trust Officer, and prior to joining the Group, he worked as a lawyer for private and public companies and law firms.
He is fluent in Portuguese and English.
Weslley é advogado qualificado no Brasil sendo responsável tanto pelo desenvolvimento de novos negócios, como pelo gerenciamento de relacionamento com os clientes no Brasil.
Formado em Direito pelo Centro Universitário de João Pessoa – Paraíba (2012), ele é advogado admitido pela OAB/PB. Weslley se juntou ao Grupo Cone Marshall em 2021 como Assistente Legal e, antes disso, atuou como advogado no Brasil nos setores públicos e em escritórios de advocacia privados.
Ele é fluente em português e em inglês.
Felipe Torres
LL.B
Trust Officer
Felipe Torres é um advogado brasileiro qualificado e é o trust officer da equipe do Brasil, ajudando na formação e manutenção de estruturas offshore. Graduado pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe – Sergipe (2014), é membro da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (“OAB”). Ele ingressou em nosso escritório na Nova Zelândia em 2021, primeiro como assistente de escritório e depois como Trust Officer, ajudando as equipes brasileiras e americanas. Antes de ingressar no Grupo, foi sócio de um escritório de advocacia com especializações em Direito do Consumidor, Imobiliário e Família.
Ele é fluente em inglês.
Geoffrey Cone
Fundador e Diretor Sênior, Cone Marshall Limited
Katrina Robinson
CEO e Diretora, Teton Trust Company
Cone Marshall Middle East – Representative Office
Dubai, UAE
Joy Lahoud
LLB, LL.M
Director
Joy joined the Cone Marshall group following 14 years’ experience as an attorney in the Middle East. Primarily a lawyer specialized in corporate law, Joy holds an LLB in civil law from Saint Joseph University in Beirut and an LL.M. from Cornell University in New York.
He has held positions in Lebanon, Washington DC (the “World Bank”), Dubai and Qatar and has worked for clients across GCC and Levant jurisdictions. He is a member of the Beirut Bar Association and the Society of Trust and Estate Planners.
Joy is Fluent in English, Arabic and French and enjoys identifying and resolving complex situations for his clients.
Mohanned Al-Kharafi
LLB, BA (Hons), MSc
Associate
Mohanned joined Cone Marshall in 2023 following 5 years’ experience in private equity based in London. As an Associate he specialised in commercial acquisitions & disposals, investment analysis, capital raising and early stage VC investment.
After graduating with a joint degree in Law & Business from the University of Warwick he went on to complete an MSc in Real Estate & Finance from Cass Business School. He is a member of the Coutts Client Council & a graduate of the Wharton Business School future leader programme.
Born in the UK with a background in the GCC Mohanned offers a unique blend of cultural and professional understanding.
Ziyad Matti
LLA, BA
Associate
Ziyad is a lawyer admitted to practice law in New Zealand. Fluent in English and Arabic, he counsels high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs and families as they accumulate assets, experience life changes, seek to preserve their wealth, and ultimately pass it on to future generations. Ziyad also counsels clients on cross-border planning and provides strategic advice on planning opportunities upon immigration into New Zealand and various other jurisdictions. His clients include multinational families whose members, businesses and assets span the globe, and for whom he sets up and administers trusts and a range of different entities and arrangements. His broad range of expertise extends to tax, business, and commercial law.
Ziyad also assists trustees, multi-family offices and financial institutions to manage fiduciary risk and regulatory compliance. He is experienced in global tax and money laundering regulations such as FATCA, CRS, AEOI, and AML/CFT.
Sean Breslin
TEP
Managing Director
Sean joined our Swiss office in 2019 as Managing Director. He began his career in the fiduciary sector in 2003, and has since worked for international private Banks and held senior roles at reputed independent Trust companies. Sean has considerable operational and technical experience, servicing UHNW families from the Middle East, Africa, the United Kingdom and Latin America. Sean holds a degree in Finance and Business Law from Stirling University in Scotland, is a certified Trust and Estate Practitioner and holds the SACTM. He excels at resolving challenging international issues for his clients, whatever they might be. Sean was brought up in Geneva and is bi-lingual in English and French. Sean has a passion for beautiful cars, science and technology, and enjoys mountain climbing and skiing.