Jackie Doak
President, Dart Real Estate
As President of Dart Real Estate, Jackie is responsible for a diverse property portfolio. Providing guidance from a project’s inception through to management of the physical asset, she ensures the company’s goals and strategies align with owner and shareholder Kenneth B. Dart’s vision and values. Having joined Dart in 2003 as Vice President of Sales & Leasing, Jackie was part of the leadership team guiding the conceptualisation of Camana Bay and the partnership with the Cayman Islands Government known as the NRA Agreement. The Cayman Islands has been Jackie’s home since childhood. She has a BA in Psychology and a Juris Doctorate with honours from the University of Florida Law School. She joined Dart in 2003 and, over the past 13 years, has been instrumental in bringing Dart Real Estate developments to life.
Rebecca Palmer
Director, Audit, KPMG
Rebecca is an Audit Director at KPMG in the Cayman Islands. She has over 15 years of experience gained in London, New York and the Cayman Islands. Her primary responsibilities encompass the provision of audit services to a comprehensive variety of investment vehicles such as hedge funds, structured products and private equity funds. She has a wide range of experience in dealing with many different kinds of fund structures and a variety of hedge fund strategies. She recently completed the SAID Business School, Oxford University, Women in Leadership program. Rebecca is a member of the Cayman Islands Education Committee and a sustaining 100WF Angel. She is mum to 3 little girls and is super passionate about ensuring that women achieve their full potential.
Shari Seymour
Partner, Maples & Calder
Shari has a wide range of experience in corporate and commercial law, including joint venture arrangements, IPOs, restructurings, banking and financing transactions. Shari's practice also includes the formation and maintenance of all types of investment funds, including hedge funds and private equity funds. Shari joined Maples and Calder in 2006 as an articled clerk following completion of the firm's vacation placement scheme the year before. On qualifying in 2007, she joined the Corporate group. Shari is a member of 100 Women in Finance and the Caymanian Bar Association.
Heather Smith
Head of Enforcement, Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
Heather Smith was appointed Head of the Investments and Securities Division of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority on 1 June 2014. In this capacity, Ms. Smith is responsible for the authorisation and supervision of regulated hedge funds, fund administrators and securities investment companies in the Cayman Islands and for directing a programme of continuous monitoring and inspection of licensed fund administrators and securities investment companies.
Ms. Smith served as the Deputy Head of Investments and Securities from 2006 to 2014, overseeing the licensing, regulation and supervision of mutual funds, mutual fund administrators and entities conducting securities and investment business under the Securities Investment Business Law and the Mutual Funds Law, and ensuring compliance under the Money Laundering Regulations and the Proceeds of Crime Law. Ms. Smith, who has twenty years’ experience in the financial services industry, has worked with CIMA for seventeen years. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Economics, as well as the Associate of the Securities Institute and Certified Anti-money Laundering Specialist qualifications.
Lesley Connolly
Managing Director, Intertrust Cayman
Lesley has been with Intertrust for eight years and has overall responsibility for the provision of tailored corporate, fund, capital market and private wealth services to Cayman Islands registered entities, including global financial institutions, fund managers, enterprises of all sizes and private clients. Lesley was admitted to practice law in the Cayman Islands in April 2009. Prior to joining Intertrust, Lesley practised as an associate in the Contentious Trusts department at Intertrust’s predecessor, where she undertook her professional training and held various positions between May 2003 and December 2009. Lesley completed the STEP Diploma in International Trust Management in January 2012.
