Stuart Wakeling

Spear’s Review

Stuart Wakeling, managing partner at Henley & Partners and head of the firm’s London, Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria offices, has 20 years of experience in advising HNW and UHNW individuals, helping them to seek out value-creating opportunities across multiple jurisdictions. 

The majority of his clients in Africa are seeking out alternative citizenship in other regions in order to strengthen their ability to work and travel internationally, while his British clients are more likely to be concerned with residency under a more favourable tax regime. 

Wakeling began his career at Coutts in 2001 and subsequently joined HSBC Global Private Banking as a relationship executive in 2008. He began working at Henley & Partners in 2016.

Adviser Profile

Stuart Wakeling advises successful entrepreneurs, international investors and industry leaders on becoming Global Citizens through the acquisition of additional or alternative Residence and/or Citizenship around the world. As Managing Partner of the Henley & Partners UK office and a member of the Private Client Management Board, Stuart leads a multinational team that has a strong focus on HNWIs in the UK, along with managing the West African teams and strategy. He has swiftly risen up through the ranks at Henley & Partners to become a private client specialist in residence and citizenship planning. His work targets countries that are deemed most attractive to wealthy clients in terms of mobility, security, privacy, personal tax and estate planning, as well as lifestyle. 

Prior to joining Henley & Partners, Stuart had a successful Private Banking career, allowing him to create a large international Private Client network, which he is still very active in and which enables him to create new opportunities via his business development work. Upon joining Henley eight years ago, Stuart was responsible for developing the West African operations for Henley & Partners, which saw business increase by over 1,000 per cent. 

Stuart is a very active speaker at industry and wealth management events and is considered a thought leader on investment migration. He regularly provides commentary on Henley & Partners publications, and has been interviewed in both Africa and the UK on television and in print, as well as on British radio. Stuart is regularly quoted across various worldwide media outlets and relentlessly busy within London’s Private Client world.