Industry Professionals serving as non-executive directors to Alternative Funds
Richard Ellison
Richard Ellison
Richard is resident in Cayman and is an experienced investment and risk management professional with 25 years’ experience. He is a chartered accountant and holds an MBA from Purdue University, Indiana.
Richard began working in financial services at PwC, auditing hedge funds. This was followed by risk management roles in New York and Singapore with Barclays Capital, covering credit management for sovereign debt portfolios, corporate lending and trading line credit management. In 2007 he opened the Cayman office for Babcock & Brown and served as a director on a number of SPVs in the alternatives space. He subsequently worked in Singapore and Canada for BBAM and Grant Thornton, returning to Cayman in 2013.
Richard has served for almost 20 years as a director for investment funds and provider of Cayman corporate substance. He is currently also a consultant for a Cayman digital consultancy company. He has experience in credit, equity, PE and hedge funds, aircraft leasing structures, infrastructure funds, project finance, cryptocurrency and fintech. In addition to his accountancy qualifications and MBA, Richard is also a CFA Charterholder and holds the CFA Institute’s certificate in ESG investing.
Specialities
Accounting, Operations, Risk Management, Crypto, Fintech, Aviation and Infrastructure
Residence
Cayman Islands