Maitland, New South Wales
The present city was proclaimed in 1945 with the amalgamation of the three local government areas. The city's boundaries have been increased by incorporating parts of other local government areas since then (most notably Kearsley Shire which from 1946 to 1949 was the only local government area in Australia's history to have a Communist majority of councillors).
Maitland Group
Maitland was founded in 1976 in Luxembourg by the late Eric Pfaff, a South African lawyer. The group provided legal and tax expertise to South African corporates, including Anglo American plc and De Beers. In due course the executives of those corporates asked for private client services and they started offering offshore services. In 1982 Maitland acquired a fiduciary business in Geneva.