Ruan van Vuuren

Ruan is a director of IMS, resident of the Cayman Islands, Chartered Accountant (South Africa), Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and holds the Accredited Director designation granted by the Chartered Governance Institute of Canada. Ruan serves on the board of a varied portfolio of Cayman and other offshore investment funds and related entities. He is a Professional Director in the Cayman Islands pursuant to the Directors Registration and Licensing Act (Revised). Prior to joining IMS, he was 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 fund liquidations and de-registrations, consulting on new regulatory requirements, providing guidance on industry queries to fund directors and governance professionals, 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 CIMA, 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. He also holds the Certified Fraud Examiner designation and is a member of the Cayman Islands Directors Association.