GAIM Ops Cayman 2024 | Informa Connect | 14 April 2024 | The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, Seven Mile Beach, KY1-1209, Cayman Islands

Shape the future of alternative investment operations
700+ senior professionals. 40% c-suite & managing partners. $12.7+ trillion in AUM. 10,000+ meetings.

Discover best practices in data, tech, legal, compliance and operations.

2024 Speakers

Jennifer Ablan
Editor-in-Chief and Chief Content Officer, Pensions and Investments

Zane Alajou
Chief Financial Officer, Hawk Ridge Capital Management

Ortenca Aliaj
Deputy US Corporate Finance Editor, Financial Times

Michael Barry
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Samlyn Capital

Bruce Berger
COO/CFO, The Linonia Partnership LP

Geoffrey Berman
Author, Holding the Line

Patrice Bonfiglio
President, Sarissa Capital Management LP

David Bradley
Chief Operating Officer, Hawk Ridge Capital Management

Terence Brady
Director of Operational Due Diligence, Corbin Capital Partners

Steve Bruce
Managing Partner, ASC Advisors, LLC

Sarah Busch
Head of ESG, Aperture Investors

Jonathan Cancro
Managing Director, Apollo Global Management

Jeremy Capello
Chief, Economic Crimes, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Julie Castro Abrams
CEO & Founder, How Women Lead

Anthony Cetta
Director, Summit Rock Advisors

Manas Chawla
CEO, London Politica

Kathleen Clapper
Managing Director, Compliance, National Futures Association (NFA)

Adam Cohen
Managing Director & Head of Operational Due Diligence, Agility

Rory Cohen
General Counsel & Co-Head, Asset Management, Varadero Capital, L.P.

Brynn Coursey Heegan
Managing Director, ODD, Wilshire

Mei-Li da Silva Vint
Chief Commercial Officer, Brevet Capital

Scott Decker
Global Head of Investment Management Solutions, CENTRL, Inc

Andre Ebanks
Deputy Premier, Cayman Islands Government

Ranah Esmaili
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Simon Eyre
Chief Information Security Officer, Drawbridge

Simon Fludgate
Partner, Aksia LLC

Chris Franzek
Managing Director, Stout

Lucy Frew
Partner, Head of Regulatory & Risk Advisory, Walkers

Sai Gadwale
Director, Investment Operations, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Ambuj Garg
Chief Operating Officer, NAV Fund Administration Group

Tyler Gay
Partner, Deloitte

Stephen Godino
Chief Information Officer, Viking Global Investors LP

Cary Goldstein
Chief Tech & Security Officer, Empyrean Capital Partners, LP

Barnaby Gowrie
Partner, Walkers

David Gulkowitz
Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer, DSC Meridian Capital

Ravi Gupta
VP - Strategic Solutions, NAV Fund Administration Group

Thomas Hess
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Daventry Group

Jason Hubschman
Managing Director, Co-Head Alternative Managed Accounts, Wilshire

Chris Hughes
Principal; Chief Operating Officer, Axonic Capital LLC

Prem Jacob
VP of Investor Services, NAV Fund Administration Group

Robert Johnston
Partner, Investment Management, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Brendan Kalb
General Counsel, ExodusPoint Capital Management LP

Andrew Kandel
Global Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Legal Counsel & Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management

Mr Michael Kent
Partner, New Leaf Climate Partners

Ayesha Kiani
Chief Operating Officer, MNNC Group

Lily Kim
Director of Operations, Investment Office, Tulane University

Sylvia Kim
Founder & CEO, Rebel for Good

Max Kimpton
Operational Due Diligence Senior Specialist, Innocap Investment Management Inc.

Mr Ryan King
Director of ODD, East End Advisors, LLC

Michael Kitson
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer and Counsel, Bridgewater Associates

Ms Kelly Koscuiszka
Partner, Schulte Roth

Fahreen Kurji
Chief Customer Intelligence Officer, Behavox

Eric Lazear
Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Head of Operational Due Diligence, Titan Advisors

Justine Lee
Head of Operational Due Diligence, M&G Investments

Kai Lee
Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Oak Hill Advisors, L.P

Justine Leung
Chief Compliance Officer, Hawk Ridge Capital Management

Dan Levinson
Chief Financial Officer, Blue Grotto Capital, LLC

Mr Jeremy Liabo
Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP

Mariah Lichtenstern
Founding Partner, DiverseCity Ventures

Nick Lotysz
Director of Operational Due Diligence, First Trust Capital Management

Tim Ludford-Thomas
Partner, Cayman Islands, Walkers

Ms Olivia Maginley
COO/GC/CCO, Governors Lane LP

Labib Mahfouz
Global Head of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, Enfusion

Nauman Malik
Senior Principal, General Counsel, Eagle Point Credit Management LLC

Neil Margolies
General Counsel & CCO, Tilden Park Capital Management LP

Ian Mason
Partner, Walkers

Aaron Mayer
General Partner, Open Heart Capital

Michael McCreesh
President, Battea Class Action Services

Kristen McMahon
COO of Legal, Tax, and Compliance, Apollo

Ian Meade
Partner, Akin Gump LLP

Kevin Medina
Global Chief Compliance Officer, Värde Partners

Chris Mendez
Senior Advisor, AIM Capital

Jeff Miller
Chief Financial Officer, Tri Locum Partners

Stephanie Miller
President and Chief Executive Officer, Hazeltree

Christopher Mizer
President and CEO, Vivaris Capital

Bryan Morris
Partner, Deloitte

Mika Mukawa
Independent ODD Consultant; Former VP, HF ODD Manager, AllianceBernstein

Jennifer Murphy
Founder & CEO, Runa Digital Assets

Michelle Noyes
Managing Director, Head of Americas, The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)

Mr Jim O'Hara
Co-Head of Implementation and ODD, Luminae Partners LLC

Terrance O'Malley
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Kensico Capital Management

Michael O'Neill
Assistant Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice

Michael Oates
CPA, Partner, Tax Team Leader, Financial Services, Withum

Christie Oberg
Chief Compliance Officer, AB CarVal Investors, LP

Rima Parikh
Partner, Head of Operational Due Diligence, Brown Advisory

Steve Penner
General Counsel, VR Capital Group

Abigail Penzell
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Bienville Capital Management

Frank Perez
Managing Director, Makena Capital Management

Mr Paul Ponzeka
CTO, Abacus Group

David Poulten
Partner, Inceptiv Management

Ms. Megan Powell
Deputy Head, Anti-Money Laundering Division, CIMA

Chuck Pulsfort
Managing Director, Head of Americas Financial and Regulatory Reporting, BlackRock

Mr Rahul Ravi
Vice President, Intelligo

Adam Reback
Partner, Optima Partners Compliance Advisory

Ghufran Rizvi
President, CalALTs

Mark Robertson
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Eagle Capital Management, LLC

Suzan Rose
Senior Advisor, Government and Regulatory Affairs, AIMA

Mark Russo
General Counsel, ZAIS Group

Marshall Saffer
Managing Director, Global Fund Solutions, CSC

Odette Samson
Partner | Audit & Assurance, Deloitte & Touche

Phillip Sanders
Partner, New Media Ventures

Mark Schein
General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer, Madison International Realty

Cindy Scotland, OBE
Managing Director, Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Shastri Singh
Chief Analyst, VASP & Fintech Innovation Unit, CIMA

Abhishek Sinha
CEO & CIO, Nelumbium Capital

Alixandra Smith
Deputy Chief, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

Brian Smith
CFO and COO, Multicoin Capital

Stephanie Smith
Global Chief Operating Officer, Equity Private Markets and Head of Private Markets Platform, BlackRock

Mr Alvaro Soto
Chief Compliance Officer & Managing Director, White Wolf Capital Group, Inc.

Anna Spector
Managing Director, CCO, CVC Credit Partners

Kurt Spero
Partner, COO, CFO, Old Farm Partners

Gwen Stone
Operational Due Diligence Director, K2 Advisors / Franklin Templeton

Ryan Teal
Partner, Head of ODD Americas, Albourne Partners

Brian Traficante
Managing Director, Co-COO, GC & CCO, York Capital

Ms Katie Twomey
Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations, Illumen Capital

Karl Wachter
General Counsel & Partner, Magnetar Capital LLC

David Warsoff
Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management

Joel Wattenbarger
Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP

Ken Weiller
Partner and Chief Operating Officer, X Cubed Capital Management, LLC

Sagan Weiss
Chief Compliance Officer, J. Goldman & Co. L.P.

Ted Wright
Head of RMS – Americas, Verity

Gregory Xethalis
General Counsel, Multicoin Capital

Stan Yakoff
RegTech Adviser & Law Professor, Fordham Law School

David Zales
Partner, General Counsel and CCO, SRS Investment Management

David Zeiden
Chief Compliance Officer & Chief Regulatory Counsel, Sculptor Capital

2024 Sponsors

PRINCIPAL CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
• Deloitte Cayman Islands
• NAV
• Walkers

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Drawbridge
• Grant Thornton
• Ropes & Gray

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Harbour Trust
• MUFG Investor Services
• Optima Partners
• The Bank of New York

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
• Arcesium LLC
• Baker Tilly
• Battea Class Action Services
• Behavox
• Centrl
• CSC Global
• DiligenceVault
• Enfusion
• Formidium
• FundBank
• Hazeltree
• Intelligo
• Lowenstein Sandler
• PB Optimize | Fidelity
• SEI
• Sidley Austin
• Stout
• Ultimus
• Verity LLC
• Withum
• Schulte Roth and Zabel

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Abacus Group LLC
• Akram & Associates
• Apex Group
• Citrin Cooperman
• Customers Bank
• Nasdaq Solovis
• Financial Recovery Technologies
• IDA Ireland
• LiquidityBook LLC
• MSCI
• SS&C