OUR TEAM

Geoff Ruddick

Leo Kassam

Leo Kassam, CA, CPA, Acc Dir. is a Partner at Paradigm Governance Partners Limited, a licensed fiduciary services company in the Cayman Islands. Leo serves as a professional independent director on the boards of a number of alternative investment funds as well as investment management and other corporate vehicles. He is a senior industry professional with deep subject matter expertise and a detailed working knowledge of all aspects of the investment fund ecosystem. Leo has over 25 years of experience across investment fund operations, fund oversight and governance, audit and regulatory matters and is experienced in dealing with investment managers executing a wide variety of complex investment strategies.

Cary Marr

Cary Marr serves as a professional independent director on the boards of hedge funds, private equity funds, traditional long-only funds, and investment management companies. He is well versed in the governance and regulatory issues facing investment managers with more than 25 years of experience in the offshore funds sector between the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. In addition, Cary has an extensive background in audit, accounting, financial reporting and fund administration.

Before joining Paradigm, Cary spent 7 years at International Management Services Ltd., where he held the position of Fund Director.  He provided directorship services to a multi-billion asset under management, diverse book of clients spanning the offshore fund spectrum.

Jonathan Roney

Laura McGeever

Laura McGeever, FCIS, CAMS, CAMS Audit, Acc. Dir., is a Director at Paradigm Governance Partners, a Cayman Islands based provider of governance and fiduciary services to the investment funds industry. Ms. McGeever is a Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute (FCG) (formerly the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Advanced Certified AML Specialist-Audit (CAMS Audit) and holds the Accredited Director designation granted by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Canada. Laura serves as an independent director on the Boards of alternative investment funds including hedge funds, crypto funds, venture capital, fund of hedge funds, and private equity vehicles (including governance and advisory committees). Ms McGeever has over 17 years professional experience spanning governance, AML, regulatory compliance, and fund operations. She is a registered Professional Director pursuant to the Cayman Islands Directors Registration and Licensing Act, 2014. 

Miles Perryman

Before moving into the field of fiduciary and governance services, Miles practiced tax law in the corporate tax department of the global law firm, Allen & Overy (1998-2007). Miles provided structuring and transactional advice to a range of clients from financial institutions, multi-national corporates to fund managers and entrepreneurs, advising on a wide variety of transactions.

Michelle O’Mahony

Michelle O’Mahony, BSc, Acc. Dir., she is a Fund Director at Paradigm Governance Partners, a Cayman Islands based provider of governance and fiduciary services to the investment funds industry. Ms. O’Mahony was qualified as a certified public accountant in 2005 and holds the Accredited Director designation granted by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Canada. She is a Professional Director registered pursuant to the Cayman Islands Directors Registration and Licensing Act, 2014. 

Neil Gray

W. William Woods

Glen Wigney

Maxine Wessels

Danielle Lee

Before rejoining Paradigm, Mrs. Lee spent over two years as Executive Assistant to the C-suite executives at the Cayman Islands Civil Service Association Cooperative Credit Union Limited, covering areas such as human resources, information technology, compliance, finance, operations, and customer service. She also functioned as the Corporate Secretary for the financial institution’s governing bodies.

Tanya Jamieson

Ms Jamieson has experience in providing corporate secretarial, fund governance and compliance support to the boards of various corporate vehicles, including investment funds, private funds, trusts, etc. Ms Jamieson is also a UK qualified lawyer since 2008.

Emily Cross

Prior to joining Paradigm, Ms Cross worked at Walkers Law Firm in the Global Investment Funds Group as an executive legal assistant role assisting with Company, Partnership, Limited Partnership and Foreign Company Incorporations and Registrations.

Prior to Walkers Ms Cross worked Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited for several years in a senior executive assistant role supporting the Directors Funds team.

George Mazin

George Mazin is an independent consultant and legal advisor providing compliance advice, expert witness services and director services to fund managers and law firms.
Mr Mazin retired from the full-time practice of law at the end of 2019. For the entirety of his legal career, Mr Mazin practiced corporate law in New York or New Jersey, and continues to be a member of the Bar in good standing in each of these states. Mr. Mazin’s practice was focused on a broad range of matters in the representation of private investment funds and investment advisers, as well as other financial services firms.