Kerwin Nanan

Strategic and results-driven Chief Operating Officer and Fund Servicing Executive with extensive leadership experience across asset management, private equity, and hedge fund operations. Proven track record of optimizing fund administration platforms, leading cross-functional teams, and scaling operational infrastructure to support multi-billion-dollar portfolios. Expert in end-to-end fund servicing, including NAV oversight, regulatory compliance, treasury management, and third-party administrator coordination.

Adept at driving process innovation, digital transformation, and risk mitigation while fostering collaborative partnerships.

Senior Global Managing Director of Hedge Funds and Chief Operations Officer - Stonegate Global Fund Services - Buckhead, Atlanta, GA

(2022-05)

• Direct all areas of fund accounting, people leadership, and operations for a technology-focused and innovative leader in fund administration and global advisory for alternative investment funds
• Implemented operations processes, onboarding programs, technology, and service delivery methodologies that supported organizational growth from a headcount of 3 to 100 and 40 funds serviced to 300+
• Manage the performance and development of the global NAV Accounting, Data Management, and Treasury teams to ensure fund servicing is executed within the designed process controls to minimize risk
• Develop weekly cash and positions reconciliation for hedge funds whose strategies include the crypto market, DEFI trading, equities, bonds, private equities, and derivatives
• Oversee NAV accounting activities, the financial closing process, billing of administration fees, evaluation of policies for S.O.C audits, and annual FATCA/ CRS preparations for offshore funds
• Engage the Board to devise tactics for resource planning, M&A activity, operating budget management, forecast development, and growth strategies that support current growth to $5B in assets serviced
• Active Board Member for multiple subsidiaries, including a brokerage firm, Fund360, and the technology-driven Hyperpath Labs
• Establish and manage relationships with independent auditors, custodians, brokers, and exchanges
• Account for complex corporate actions, including dividends, stock splits, mergers, and acquisitions

Associate Director of Hedge Funds - Stonegate Global Fund Services - Buckhead, Atlanta, GA

(2017-05 - 2022-05)

Global Head of Fund Accounting & Head of Operations, North America - Advance Fund Administration - Summit, NJ

(2013-03 - 2017-03)

Directed all facets of fund accounting and operations across North America for a privately owned hedge and private equity fund administration company

• Processed and reviewed monthly NAVs for Private Equity (PE) and Hedge Funds, ensuring the work of Fund Accountants was accurate, before delivery to respective Investment Managers
• Implemented and optimized new systems to ensure they were working correctly promptly, ensuring that the systems were updated daily with Bloomberg Pricing, Corporate Actions, and FX Rates
• Oversaw special projects, including the onboarding of new funds, ensuring all new accounting standards were adopted, client due diligence, and audit reporting (SSAE 16)
• Managed the database, ensuring all security masters for bonds, equities swaps were created accurately
• Supported the hiring, training, and performance management of the Fund Accounting team
• Liaised with international bankers, prime brokers, and service providers of hedge funds
• Created new security masters on the system for bonds, swaps, and currencies
• Established PE funds on PFS Paxus and confirmed the capital commitment and waterfalls were accurate

Senior Fund Accountant - Hedge Serv Cayman Limited - Cayman Islands

Senior Fund Accountant - Admiral Fund Administration - Cayman Islands

FCCA Certification - Accounting - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK

Certified Accounting Technician - Accounting and Finance - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK