our team
Meet the Team
Real people. Real expertise. Real results. Founder-led and lawyer-owned, with international depth across Port Vila, Dubai, and London.
Stanford Knight & Partners is founder-led
with an international team that combines deep local knowledge of Vanuatu with decades of experience in citizenship law, due diligence, capital markets, and international business development.
You don’t work with an agent. You work with the architects of the system, supported by a team that has been responsible for the global growth of Vanuatu’s citizenship programmes since their inception.
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Special Advisor
James E. Harris
Office: Dubai, United Arab Emirates James advises Stanford Knight & Partners on international structuring and investor relations across the Gulf, working with private clients and their advisers throughout the region.
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Office Head for Dubai
Enrique Ortega
Office: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Enrique leads the Dubai office and is the first point of contact for clients across the Middle East, guiding applications from first enquiry through to citizenship.
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Principal
Stephanie Senei Mahuk
Office: Port Vila, Vanuatu Principal of Stanford Knight & Partners and a Partner at one of Vanuatu’s largest law firms. Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) and a Bachelor of Law from the University of the South Pacific and has practised law since 2012.
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Director
Rosalind (Ros) Cox
Office: Port Vila, Vanuatu A dual citizen of New Zealand and Vanuatu, Ros has resided in Vanuatu for 13 years and is honoured to represent Vanuatu as Trade Commissioner of the Republic of Vanuatu to New Zealand.
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Senior Advisor, Stanford Knight & Partners
Glen Craig
Offices: Port Vila, UK Glen Craig helped design Vanuatu’s citizenship by investment programme in 2012 and serves as the government’s Special Envoy for International Business. He is roundly acknowledged as the foremost expert in the world on the Vanuatu Citizenship by Investment programmes. With 25+ years in the Pacific across government, climate finance and investment, he gives Stanford Knight & Partners clients something no competitor can — the insider who helped build the programme.
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Partnerships & Communications
Charline Castelltort
Port Vila, Vanuatu I oversee end to end client operations for citizenship by investment and permanent residency applications at Stanford Knight & Partners, managing each stage of the client journey with clarity and consistency.
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UK Office Head
Mark Jukes
Office: London, United Kingdom Mark heads the London office, supporting clients across the United Kingdom and Europe through every stage of the citizenship application process.
Unique
Why We’re Different
Every adviser at Stanford Knight is invested in your success. We are not salespeople. We are lawyers, programme architects, and citizenship specialists who have built a business around solving a specific problem — helping high-net-worth individuals and families access genuine, legitimate, government-backed citizenship.
When you speak with us, you speak with people who live and work in Vanuatu, who understand the programme from the inside, and who have helped hundreds of clients achieve their goals.
