Laura McGeever

Director, Paradigm Governance Partners Limited

Laura McGeever, FCIS, CAMS, CAMS Audit, 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), Advanced Certified AML Specialist-Audit (CAMS Audit) and holds the Accredited Director designation granted by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Canada. Laura is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and has completed the CIA level 1 exam.

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). Ms McGeever has over 17 years professional experience spanning governance, AML, regulatory compliance, and fund operations. She is a registered Professional Director pursuant to the Cayman Islands Directors Registration and Licensing Act, 2014.

Prior to joining Paradigm, Ms. McGeever managed the Fund Governance department at Citco Trustees (Cayman) Limited providing regulatory compliance and governance support to key client relationships. Before Citco, she was a Chartered Secretary and compliance professional within the asset management team at Matheson law firm in Dublin, and prior to that Ms. McGeever worked with JPMorgan Fund Services (Ireland) Limited as a fund accountant / investor services associate.

Ms. McGeever has a first-class honours degree in International Business (majoring in finance) and Languages from Dublin City University, a Post Graduate Diploma in Management and Corporate Governance from the University of Ulster and completed the Executive Hedge Fund Programme through the Henley Business School as part of the University of Reading. Ms. McGeever has completed the Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme in 2022 and in 2024 the Oxford Women’s Leadership Development Programme through the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Ms. McGeever is the Board Secretary of the Cayman Islands Red Cross, a member of the Cayman Islands Directors Association (CIDA), committee member of the 100 Women in Finance (Cayman Islands) Mid-Career and Peer Advisory groups. Ms. McGeever is also a notary public in the Cayman Islands.

Ms. McGeever holds Irish citizenship and is a permanent resident of the Cayman Islands and has resided there since 2013.