Terése (Tess) Price
Founder & Managing Director
Chartered Company Secretary | Governance Specialist
Tess Price is a trusted advisor to businesses of all sizes. She is a Chartered Company Secretary and an Associate of the Chartered Governance Institute (CGI, formerly ICSA), with more than 20 years of experience in corporate governance, company secretarial services, and minute-taking across the offshore financial services industry in Jersey and Guernsey.
Tess holds dual Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Business Administration from Mälardalen University, Sweden, where she also completed advanced courses in finance, mathematics, and statistics, as well as a Master’s thesis in marketing. She completed the CGI professional qualification programme in Jersey and has further strengthened her expertise through the Advanced Leadership Programme (Haarlem, Netherlands, 2017) and the Core Management Programme (Jersey 2018). Her career includes senior positions at HSBC, RBC, Ogier/Elian/Intertrust/CSC, and the Maples Group, where she played a pivotal role in launching the Jersey fiduciary office and also acted as a director for regulated entities as well as private companies.
In 2020, Tess founded Virteffic with a vision to deliver governance support differently, combining professionalism with genuine flexibility. Today, she leads a team that provides company secretarial services, independent board reviews, governance training, and secondment support across the Channel Islands and beyond. She also regularly delivers presentations and training courses on governance, minute-taking, and board effectiveness, sharing practical insights that participants can apply immediately. Clients value Tess for her combination of strong technical knowledge and hands-on experience, which helps organisations improve governance, run efficient meetings, and meet regulatory requirements with confidence.
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Building Virteffic
Tess founded Virteffic with a clear vision: to build a business model that puts people first while maintaining high standards of professionalism and performance. The result is a flexible model that enables skilled professionals to re-engage in meaningful work without the constraints of traditional office roles.
Tess is passionate about building an environment where professionals can thrive without rigid structures. She embraces the same values herself, working on the go while travelling, finding inspiration outdoors, and recharging with padel between meetings. This balance fuels the focus and creativity that define Virteffic’s approach, ensuring clients receive high-quality support delivered with care and efficiency. By promoting trust and collaboration, Virteffic has built a culture where people flourish and clients benefit from lasting partnerships.
Governance insight in practice
Virteffic works with organisations across the Channel Islands to deliver practical, experience‑led governance and minute‑taking training. We design and deliver engaging presentations and tailored workshops that support boards, governance teams and professionals at every stage of their careers. Clients can choose from established courses covering minute‑taking, board effectiveness and corporate governance, or request bespoke sessions shaped around their organisation’s needs.
Tess and the team combine strong technical knowledge with real‑world insight gained through weekly attendance at board and committee meetings. Our approach is professional, clear and grounded in lived experience, helping participants understand complex requirements and apply practical tools with confidence.
Training often includes topics such as minute‑taking, corporate governance, company secretarial responsibilities, director duties and regulatory expectations. Visit our training page for our full course library.
Examples of previously delivered public courses
Our ongoing client work provides valuable visibility into board dynamics, oversight standards and the practical realities of governance. Clients value Tess’s ability to bring calm structure to complex environments and to balance robust governance standards with commercial awareness.
Enhancing board efficiency, organisation and performance
🤝 Collaboration with CGI | 🌐 View session
📍 Corporate Governance 2024 Conference, St Pierre Park Hotel, Guernsey
Tess Price shares practical insights drawn from her experience supporting multiple boards across the Channel Islands, highlighting how small adjustments in process and preparation can have a significant impact on efficiency and decision-making.
Advanced Minute Taking
🤝 Collaboration with SIFS | 🌐 View presentation
📅 23 September 2025, 3:30–4:30 PM BST (Online)
A live online webinar providing practical strategies to prepare, structure, and draft clear, accurate minutes while avoiding common pitfalls and adding strategic value to board and committee records. Includes a line-by-line review of example minutes and offers 1 hour of recognised CPD.
Maximising Efficiency, Organisation and Performance of Your Board
🤝 Collaboration with the NED Forum | 🌐 View course
📍 The Harry Bound Room, Les Cotils, St Peter Port, Guernsey
This session focused on improving board effectiveness, decision-making, and collaboration. Co-speaker Tess Price shared insights on how board members can support the company secretary to maximise efficiency and good governance.
Advanced Minute Taking
🤝 Collaboration with Pronumeris | 🌐 View course
📅 26 August 2025, 1:00–4:00 PM BST (Online)
Designed for experienced professionals, this course explores advanced techniques in preparation, active listening, drafting, and adapting to complex meeting types. Through real-world examples and open discussion, participants will learn how to minute strategically and refine their work with confidence. MQA approved and HRDC refundable.
Flexible solutions at Virteffic
Virteffic was founded with flexibility at its heart. I wanted to create a professional environment that offered greater freedom – not just for myself, but for the entire team. Our model allows team members to set their own hours and work in the way that suits them best. This approach has attracted experienced professionals from the finance industry who value autonomy and work-life balance.
Flexibility isn’t just good for our team, it delivers results. A happy, empowered workforce leads to greater efficiency, stronger collaboration, and outstanding client service. At Virteffic, we believe flexibility fuels success, for our people and our clients.
Beyond Virteffic
Alongside her client work, Tess shares insights through Tess Thoughts, covering topics from governance trends and boardroom efficiency to leadership and work-life balance. The blog reflects her commitment to supporting governance professionals and business leaders across the Channel Islands.
Tess is also a regular speaker and trainer at industry events. She collaborates with organisations and forums to deliver practical and engaging sessions that equip participants with tools they can apply immediately.
Let's Connect
Tess is always open to new connections, collaborations and conversations.
Contact Details
If you have any questions, please contact us:
Virteffic Limited
Norowsa
La Vallee de St Pierre
St Lawrence
Jersey JE3 1EG
E: tess.price@virteffic.com
or info@virteffic.com
M: +44 (0)7797 716461
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We provide professional support services with flexibility, efficiency, and confidentiality at the heart of everything we do.
Virteffic Limited (Virteffic) is not regulated or licensed under the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, as amended (the Financial Services Law). Accordingly, Virteffic does not provide any regulated services and does not engage in any regulated activities that would necessitate us to be a “registered person” as defined under the Financial Services Law. In cases where a regulated activity is required, you will need to engage the services of a firm that is registered under the Financial Services Law to provide such services. Virteffic may offer certain secretarial support and administration services as a virtual assistant, however, the services are of an administrative nature only. Your appointed company secretary and/or the directors of your company have full responsibility to ensure the accuracy of the work that Virteffic does for you, to have the final sign-off and to check the work before it is released, published and/or executed.