A HIGH-flying financier who was found guilty of uttering false documents has been banned from working in finance in the Channel Islands.

Pippa Harbour (pictured) was given 240 hours’ community service in July last year after her former employer, Close Bank, found that her University of Reading English degree and her MBA from the London Business School were forgeries.

Throughout the 10-day trial, Harbour refused to give her date of birth or real name to the court. Over the years she had provided differing dates of birth on passports and on a questionnaire for the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

Now, the Jersey Financial Services Commission has issued a statement regarding Harbour because she had worked for Close in Guernsey and Jersey.

It said that it would be restricting Harbour’s future employment within the finance industry in the island.

Its reasons were that she had failed to satisfy the commission of her true identity, that it could not be satisfied that registered persons could fulfil their obligations under the law by employing her without knowing her qualifications and true identity and that she had claimed qualifications by reference to forged certificates.

• Read the full story in the Guernsey Press. See below for subscription details.