Meet our Team – Mike Edward

With over 25 years of experience in strategic HR management, Mike has a proven track record of successfully delivering complex, multi-jurisdictional projects. He recently joined Offshore Payroll as Managing Director, bringing his extensive expertise to support and enhance our commitment to providing world-class payroll software solutions.

Throughout his career, Mike has led numerous strategic initiatives, consistently ensuring excellence in operations management, financial oversight, team development, and stakeholder relations.

Before joining Offshore Payroll, Mike served as Global Head of HR for one of Europe’s leading hedge funds for nearly 12 years, followed by his role as Chief People Officer for a global Funds Services business. His involvement in multiple payroll integration projects has provided him with deep insights into the client-side dynamics of such initiatives.

Outside of the professional sphere, Mike has been a dedicated volunteer RNLI for the past six years, actively participating as a volunteer crew member on the Inshore and All-Weather lifeboat operations based in St. Helier.

When he’s not at work, Mike is a hands-on dad and enjoys life as a competent snowboarder, keen marathon runner, enthusiastic baker, struggling golfer, occasional surfer, and when time permits, a smiling motorbike rider.

Offshore Payroll

March 25, 2025

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We believe that this business is an excellent fit for Rowlands and will enable us to provide new, innovative solutions for our clients as OP evolves. I am particularly excited about the potential that OP has to offer deeper insights for employers and efficiencies gained through integration with accounting systems. We believe that with some investment, this is an incredibly useful tool that we will be able to provide to you..’

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Director of Vertix, Ross Huelin concluded:

‘I am excited to be part of a team that is committed to building on OP’s existing technology in creative and original ways. We are passionate about making complex processes simple, and where possible, automatic, to increase business efficiency and agility.  I believe that the development work we undertake will add huge value to existing OP clients, but also open up the technology to have widely useful benefits for global organisations.’

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