Adrian is a co-founder of Cidel Bank & Trust and chairman of the Cidel Executive Committee, a Director of Cidel Bank Canada and Cidel Trust Company.

Prior to co-founding Cidel Bank & Trust in 1998, Adrian co-founded and was a director of another privately owned bank. He was acting Vice President and controller of National Trust Co Inc., He also held the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Trans Canada Credit Loan Subsidiary of Norwest (now Wells Fargo) Financial.

He has a BComm (Honours) from Rhodes University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA®) in Canada, Barbados and South Africa. He trained with Coopers & Lybrand in South Africa.

Adrian has been active for many years in STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and in 2010 was awarded the STEP Founders Award for long term contribution to STEP.