April 6 - 9, 2025
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Networking
8:00am - 8:45am
Registration & Breakfast
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Main Stage
8:45am - 8:50am
Chair's welcome remarks
- Odette Samson - Partner | Audit & Assurance, Deloitte & Touche
8:50am - 9:15am
Opening address – Official welcome from Cayman Islands
- Steve McIntosh - CEO, Cayman Finance
9:15am - 10:00am
Adopting AI and automation – the vital role of fund admins
- What is on the GP’s wishlist and why?
- Balancing innovation with efficiency
- Managing less data better
- Control of data
- Ambuj Garg - Chief Operating Officer, NAV Fund Services
- Stephen Godino - Chief Information Officer, Viking Global Investors LP
- Brian Meyer - Partner, CCO, General Counsel, Fir Tree Partners
- Sudhir Anantharaman - Chief Information Security Officer, AQR Capital Management, LLC
- David Famoriyo - Director of Alternative Fund Operations, Brown Advisory
10:00am - 10:30am
Reviewing non-investment risks across the board and partnering with investors
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Networking
10:30am - 11:00am
Coffee Break
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Main Stage
11:00am - 11:30am
Fireside chat with Bethany McLean
- Bethany McLean - American journalist and contributing editor, Vanity Fair Magazine, Author, The Big Fail
- Steve Bruce - Managing Partner, ASC Advisors, LLC
11:30am - 11:50am
From M&A to technology and value creation
- Jason Costa - Head of Hedge Fund Services, North America, SS&C Technologies, Inc.
11:50am - 12:30pm
What the future CCO looks like
- Mark Schein - General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer, Madison International Realty
- Andrew Kandel - Global Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Legal Counsel & Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
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Networking
SPEAKER HOSTED LUNCH TABLES
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch and Speaker Hosted Lunch Tables
1) Counterparty risk monitoring and important metrics - Christine Brigante
(2) From data storage, data access to data destruction – how to safeguard your data
(3) The challenges of ecomms surveillance
(4) The SEC Marketing Rule: Best practice and lessons learned
(5) Delegation and outsourcing risks – Tim Shaw
(6) Working with law enforcement when there is a data breach
(7) Improving transparency in valuations - Lily Yang
(8) Form SHO: An update
(9) How to integrate KPIs at the fund level and for portfolio companies
C-SUITE LUNCHES - Event by invitation only
- Christine Brigante - Senior Vice President, Head of ODD, Magnitude Capital
- Lily Yang - Director, Cayman Islands - Financial Advisory, Deloitte
- Tim Shaw - Director, Head of Operations, Aperture Investors
12:30pm - 1:25pm
C-SUITE LUNCHES Event by invitation only
Afternoon Sessions
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Track 1 - Digital assets
Track 2 - Risk management
Track 3 - Private equity
Track 4 - Leaders of Tomorrow - Workshop - Invite Only
1:30pm - 1:35pm
Chair's welcome remarks
1:35pm - 2:05pm
Better standardized global regulations for digital assets – the Cayman Islands perspective
- Lucy Frew - Partner, Head of Regulatory and Risk Advisory, Walkers
- Isabel Gumeyi - Head of VASP & Fintech Innovation Unit, CIMA
2:10pm - 2:30pm
Compliance risks and innovative tech for blockchain
- Scott Walker - CCO, a16z
1:30pm - 1:35pm
Chair's welcome remarks
1:35pm - 2:05pm
Transforming due diligence with AI – best practices and use cases
- Scott Decker - Global Head of Investment Management Solutions, CENTRL, Inc
2:10pm - 2:30pm
Enhancing security through treasury management
1:30pm - 1:35pm
Chair's welcome remarks
1:35pm - 2:05pm
Operating models for private firms
- Marshall Saffer - Managing Director - Fund and Capital Market Services, CSC Global
- Dave Poulten - Partner, INCEPTIV
- Marc Valdes - Chief Operating Officer, Domain Real Estate Partners
2:10pm - 2:30pm
Case study - When things don’t go right: Exiting a partnership
- Evelyn Yanatos - Director of Finance and Compliance, Adjuvant Capital
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Developing the leaders of tomorrow (invite-only)
- Jesse Burkhead - ODD Analyst, First Trust Capital Management
- Nick Lotysz - Director of Operational Due Diligence, First Trust Capital Management
- Jesse Knapel - CFO and CCO, Prelude Growth Partners
2:15pm - 2:55pm
Hear both from a trio of operations industry legends
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Networking
2:55pm - 3:15pm
Coffee Break
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Track 1 - Digital assets
Track 2 - Risk management
Track 3 - Private equity
Track 4 - Leaders of Tomorrow - Workshop - Invite Only
3:15pm - 3:40pm
View from CFTC
3:40pm - 4:10pm
Crypto goes mainstream – the future outlook
- Gregory Xethalis - General Counsel, Multicoin Capital
- Marc Baum - Senior Advisor, Abra
- Sumit Sharma - Vice President, NAV Fund Services
4:10pm - 4:30pm
Discussion group 1 -What the new administration means for digital assets
What the new administration means for digital assets
- Jasmine Burgess - CRO/COO, Coinbase Asset Management
- Katherine Dowling - General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Bitwise Asset Management
- Stewart Eichner - GC and CCO, CoinFund
3:15pm - 3:40pm
Cyber risk – from the back to the middle and front office
- Louis Cordone - Head of Client Success, Drawbridge
3:40pm - 4:10pm
MNPI case studies
- Robert Johnston - Partner, Investment Management, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Nauman Malik - Senior Principal, General Counsel, Eagle Point Credit
- Kai Lee - Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Oak Hill Advisors, L.P
- Abigail Penzell - Partner, General Counsel & CCO, Bienville Capital Management
- Rory Cohen - General Counsel & Co-Head, Asset Management, Varadero Capital, L.P.
4:10pm - 4:30pm
Discussion group 2
Best practice when managing new compliance risks and prioritizing actionable data, regulatory evaluations, and proactive risk assessments
- Michael Barry - General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Samlyn Capital
- Justine Leung - Chief Compliance Officer, Hawk Ridge Capital Management
3:15pm - 3:40pm
Building trust and data security
- How firms can be confident in data protection wherever data goes
- Aligning internal and external systems
3:40pm - 4:05pm
Case study: New models to help private equity firms attract non-institutional investors
- Jonathan Cancro - Managing Director, Apollo Global Management
- Chelsea Childs - Partner, Ropes & Gray
4:05pm - 4:25pm
Discussion group 3 - Reviewing recent fraud cases for PE firms
Reviewing recent fraud cases for PE firms
- Thomas Redburn - Partner – Securities Litigation, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
3:15pm - 4:00pm
Interactive roundtable discussions
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Networking
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Beach Cocktail Reception
Head to Seven Mile Beach and mingle with the GAIM Ops crowd. Enjoy cocktails, delicious cuisine, and lively music.
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