Our Team
Meet our vibrant and dynamic team, who is always willing to help you. Our team is made up of our Director, an Accountant and Administrator, a Professional Tutor, an Administrative Officer, and a Faculty of other Professional Tutors.
Derry Hodge, PhD
Director
Derry Hodge, MICA, FCG, PHD is a former professor and Dean of Workforce Training, and has over 17 years of experience in academic and professional education. With an interdisciplinary background, he holds degrees in theology, finance and international business, and a professional diploma in governance, risk, and compliance with distinction. He is a member of the member of the International Compliance Association, and a fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute. His current role at the RMI involves strategic development and quality assurance of professional courses and training programmes tailored for the financial services industry of the BVI.
Davinia McGann, ACA, BSc
Professional Tutor
Having taught accountancy for over 8 years, Davinia has supported 1000’s of people across the world to success with their professional exams.
Davinia completed a degree in Financial and Business Economics at Royal Holloway, University of London before joining the accountancy field. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) working in Audit Practice and Corporate Finance with Mazars LLP in Brighton, UK. She then joined BPP Professional Education as a tutor in their London office in 2008 teaching Audit and Financial Reporting papers.
She has taught students from across the world online and in classrooms across the globe. She has a passion for teaching excellence and has supported the success of several global prizewinners in the ACCA examinations.
An expert in Professional learning, she understands the needs of students and tutors of professional qualifications.
Rose Chapman
Professional Tutor
Rose Chapman is a Compliance and Anti-corruption professional with over 20 years’ experience in
international corporate environments, including Australia Mutual Provident, General Electric,
Travelport and Willis Towers Watson, where Rose held Financial Conduct Authority Controlled
Functions of Compliance Officer (CF10) and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (CF11).
Rose gained a reputation for developing compliance and anti-money laundering systems and
controls by evolution rather than revolution, including training programs to keep personnel at all
levels ahead of the curve on regulatory change.
Rose’s book: “Anti-money Laundering, a Practical Guide to Reducing Organisational Risk” was
published in London and New York by Kogan Page on 3 May 2018. © Rose Chapman, 2018
Rose achieved a Masters of Law Distinction in International Corporate Governance, Financial
Regulation and Economic Law at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London in
2012.
Rose has also earned Distinctions in 2 Post Graduate Diplomas, Anti-Money Laundering Financial
Crime, and Financial Services Regulatory Compliance from the International Compliance
Association (ICA). Rose has lectured for the ICA for a decade, with greater activity now that she is
Principal Tutor and Compliance and AML Program Manager for the Robert Mathavious Institute of
the British Virgin Islands.
Our Professional Tutors
All RMI tutors are professionally qualified themselves, so they can empathise with their students. They have real world industry experience, which combined with ongoing tutor training and professional development, no matter their experience, means they are able to use examples to bring their classes to life to create an engaging and relevant learning experience.
RMI prides itself in the quality of its teaching, and the quality of its tutors.
