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, 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) 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). She is a Professional Director registered 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

Neil Gray BAcc. (Hons.) C.A., is a Director at Paradigm Governance Partners, a Cayman Islands based provider of governance and fiduciary services to the Cayman Financials Services industry. Mr. Gray is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, qualifying in 1995 and holds the Accredited Director designation granted by the Chartered Governance Institute of Canada.

W. William Woods

Jessica Samadi

Jessica Samadi, CPA, is an Accounting & Operations Manager at Paradigm Governance Partners, a Cayman Islands based provider of governance and fiduciary services to the investment funds industry.

Prior to joining Paradigm, Jessica worked at KPMG Cayman Islands where she worked within the Insurance and Enterprise audit practice. During this time, she worked on some of the island’s largest enterprise companies as well as taking the lead in various captive audits.

Bibiana Butasova

Prior to joining Paradigm, Ms. Butasova headed up the Board Support department at Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited which provided board support services to an extensive portfolio of clients which included some of the world’s largest Fortune 500 groups.

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.

Kenneth Adumekwe

Maxine Wessels

Maxine Wessels, CA (SA) is a Team Manager (Fund Services) at Paradigm Governance Partners, a Cayman Islands based provider of governance and fiduciary services to the investment funds industry.  Miss Wessels is a registered chartered accountant with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Prior to joining Paradigm, Miss Wessels was an Audit Manager in the Asset Management department at KPMG in the Cayman Islands. She has worked for KPMG for almost 7 years in several locations including South Africa and the United States. During her time at KPMG, Miss Wessels has accumulated a wealth of knowledge of the various auditing and accounting standards and experience in managing the audits of a variety of Funds.

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.
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