Director Biography
Pearse Griffith
Pearse joined HF Fund Services Ltd., a Cayman Islands-based company
licensed in the Cayman Islands to provide independent directors to alternative
investment funds and investment management companies. He currently
serves as an independent director on several alternative investment funds and
investment management companies. Previously Pearse was an Executive
Director for UBS Fund Services Luxembourg, providing a full range of fund
administration services for a wide variety of investment products including
retail and institutional funds with assets under administration in excess of $150
billion. He was a member of UBS Fund Services Management Board from
2006 to 2009.
From 2006 to 2008 Pearse established and was the Head of UBS Fund
Services Canada. Under his management, UBS Fund Services Canada grew
assets under administration in excess of $20 billion. Prior to relocating to
Canada, Pearse was responsible for the single manager hedge fund business
for UBS Fund Services in the Cayman Islands for over five years.
Pearse began his offshore career with Bank of Bermuda in Dublin, Ireland. He
subsequently moved to Bermuda with Bank of Bermuda in 1997 as an
Account Manager in their Hedge Fund group before moving to the Cayman
Islands with UBS in 2001.
Pearse holds a degree in Business Studies majoring in Accounting and
Finance from the University of Limerick, a diploma in Business and Finance
from Staffordshire University and is a qualified Management Accountant and
member of the Society of Management Accountants of Nova Scotia, Canada.