Ruan Van Vuuren

Independent Fund Director

International Management Services

RUAN VAN VUUREN, CA, CAIA, Acc. Dir, CFE.  Fund Director and Corporate Services Manager, a permanent resident of the Cayman Islands, is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and holds the Accredited Director designation granted by the Chartered Governance Institute of Canada (formerly ICSA Canada). Mr. Van Vuuren serves on the board of investment funds in the Cayman Islands and is a Professional Director in the Cayman Islands registered pursuant to the Directors Registration and Licensing Act.  Prior to joining IMS, he was a Chief Analyst in the Investments Supervision Division of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) where his role included review and approval of various fund registrations, supervision of liquidations and de-registrations, consulting on new regulatory requirements, providing guidance on industry queries to fund directors and trustees, leading risk analysis of funds and licensees, managing a team within the inspection division and managing projects to fulfil new fund requirements including the AML Officer regime.  Prior to that, he was a Senior Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he worked on the audits of a large and varied portfolio of hedge funds, PE funds, real estate and structured finance vehicles. Mr. Van Vuuren also holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and Certified Fraud Examiner designations.