The Current Members
Acting Chair
Advocate Cyril Whelan MBE
Called to the English bar in 1979 and to the Jersey bar in 1982, Advocate Whelan spent 28 years as senior legal adviser in the Law Officers’ Department in Jersey. He was appointed to the office of Crown Advocate immediately upon the creation of that office in 1987 and remains the Island’s longest serving Crown Advocate. He has served from time to time as Jersey’s acting Attorney General. Advocate Whelan retired from the Law Officers’ Department in 2007 and is currently a Senior Consultant at the local law firm Baker and Partners. Among other positions of public service, he acts as one of Jersey’s relief Coroners. Advocate Whelan became a Commissioner of the Jersey Financial Services Commission on 1st June 2010.
Commissioners
Mr Bruno Santos-Costa
Mr Santos-Costa is an experienced Director with extensive experience of the Hospitality and Leisure Services sectors having worked and managed licensed premises in both Jersey and London, as well as being a non-executive director of a local travel firm.
When working in London, he collaborated within the Soho Society, a group of businesses in that part of London which worked together to manage the nighttime economy, make recommendations for licensing and generally maintain the 'Soho Standard'. Since returning to the Island, Mr Santos-Costa has managed both a restaurant and a wine bar and currently holds a Category 3 licence for a historic building in central St. Helier.
Mr Barry Faudemer
Mr Faudemer is a former Executive Director of the Jersey Financial Services Commission with extensive regulatory experience. He holds the IOD diploma in company direction and has lectured at the annual Jesus College Cambridge Symposium on combating financial crime on many occasions. He is currently the CEO of Baker Regulatory Services supporting businesses in the finance industry.
Prior to joining the JFSC, Barry served in the States of Jersey Police for 27 years including as the former Head of the Joint Police and Customs Financial Crimes Unit. He is a graduate of the FBI Academy having studied money laundering typologies and how terrorists fund their activities across the globe. Barry was part of the Parish Supervisory Committee project team appointed by the Connetable of St Martin with oversight of the old St Martin's Primary School transforming it into a highly successful retail outlet delivered in accordance with the wishes of the parishioners following a comprehensive consultation exercise.
Miss Jennifer Bridge
A States Assembly Deputy from 1999 to 2005, Miss Bridge was a member of the Gambling Control Committee for two years and contributed to early modernisation efforts, enhancing regulatory oversight and protection of vulnerable people. Miss Bridge is an education professional, both as a teacher and an Education Manager at HMP La Moye and retains her role on the Religious Education Advisory Panel which she has held since 2023. She has been an elected Non-Executive Director at the Channel Islands Cooperative Society since 2022.
Miss Bridge is well known in the community for her support of literature and the arts, serving as Chair of the Jersey Literary Festival Association from 2015 to 2024. A frequent columnist for the Jersey Evening Post, Miss Bridge has also supported Caritas Jersey with their Living Wage Campaign, Jersey Repair Cafe in Grouville and remains a member of the Jersey Referendum Commission.
Dr Jason Lane
Dr Lane has been Chief Executive of the Jersey Gambling Commission since the organisation was created in 2010 and was appointed Commissioner in 2023.
Previously Director of Regulatory Services for the Government of Jersey, Dr Lane also served on the Jersey Police Authority from 2014, becoming Chair in 2017 and completing his service in June 2023. Professionally, Dr Lane has been a member of the International Masters of Gaming Law for nearly twenty years, was Chair of the Gaming Regulators European Forum (2014-16), and is a Past President of the International Association of Gaming Regulators (2021-23), the world body for gambling regulators. He continues to serve as a Trustee of IAGR and is Co-Chair of its Membership Working Group. In his capacity as external expert, he has also been called upon to assist in the recruitment and selection of Regulatory Chief Executives and their Boards.
Dr Lane is currently a publicly elected Procurer of his civil Parish and has previously undertaken a number of roles within his Parish Church. A keen collector and historian, he is a member of the Police Historical Society amongst other groups.