JIBS Academy

The Jersey International Business School Academy is a newly-established awarding body that has the provision of professional qualifications and educational certificates as its sole statutory objective. The Academy is a not-for-profit company, limited by guarantee.

In each case, educational programmes leading to the award of its qualifications and certificates are delivered through the related training arm of the Academy, the Jersey International Business School.

The Academy is chaired by Professor David Jackman, and has a dedicated secretariat with a set of comprehensive rules and regulations governing examinations.

The policy objectives of the Academy are:

• To establish, maintain and raise standards for professionals through education, training and examination programmes
• To promote ethical business conduct by encouraging students to conduct business with integrity, diligence and professionalism
• To promote training courses and events as mechanisms for the exchange of information and ideas between students, domestically and internationally

Professor David Jackman

Academy Chairman

David formed part of the management team that established the FSA – having held related roles in IMRO, SFA, the London Stock Exchange and initiating the Securities Institute. As the FSA Head of Training and Competence and Business Ethics, he was the architect of a values‑based approach to regulation, publishing ‘An Ethical Framework for Financial Services’.

The approach now underpins Principle Based Regulation in several jurisdictions, the FSA’s Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) and the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

As Visiting Professor, David established the London Financial Academy for London Metropolitan University. He is now a member of the Centre for Research into Sustainability School of Management (CRIS), Royal Holloway, University of London.

The Ethics Mark and The Ethics Foundation, founded by Professor David Jackman, promote values-led businesses while the Twenty First Century Charter, launched at the House of Commons in 2009, is designed to encourage individual commitment. In 2011, he started the World Open Forum.

David lectures internationally, notably at the Asian Sustainability Summit (Delhi), Beijing and the EABIS colloquium in Barcelona, and writes in a range of publications, including The Times, The Financial Times and industry journals.