About Us

GFM Ltd’s (“GFM”) principals and directors specialize in acting as independent directors to hedge funds and the alternative investment management industry. Established in 2009 in the Cayman Islands, our team of independent directors are highly regarded, particularly with respect to alternative investment fund platforms. Our directors personally serve as independent directors or in other governance roles to a broad range of hedge funds, private equity and other investment vehicles.

Our directors are highly experienced and have been appointed to the boards of funds sponsored by some of the world’s most prominent and successful alternative investment fund managers, representing a wide range of strategies and styles.

We bring a level of independence to our professional fund clients, leveraging our team’s extensive experience and comprehensive market insight. We are careful to maintain a limited number of client relationships, to ensure we always provide a highly responsive service, without compromising the attention we give to our clients.

The GFM team is distinguished in the market by the breadth and depth of our industry experience, which enhances our ability to achieve pragmatic and commercially effective solutions. GFM’s principals and directors have extensive “hands-on” experience in investment funds as well as across the spectrum of the wider financial industry, including Fund Administration, Investment Management, Audit, Legal, Regulatory, Corporate Management, Banking and Insolvency. Our directors’ focused and dedicated approach both enhances the smooth running of client operations, whilst providing investors with a high degree of comfort that their board representatives have the requisite knowledge, experience and independence required in a senior director.

By limiting our number of appointments our directors provide an individualized approach to corporate governance, with all client contact being directly with the fund director. Our highly experienced directors have a diverse range of qualifications, industry contacts, professional memberships and skill sets. This enables our directors to collaborate, stay up to date with key industry developments and draw on our combined knowledge, including our team’s invaluable experience across hedge fund platforms operating a wide variety of investment strategies.

Over the past decade, as regulation in the alternative investment fund industry has increased, investors, particularly institutions, have placed a greater than ever emphasis on enhanced transparency and best practices. The depth of our team’s expertise, across all elements of the investment funds business, ensures we are well positioned to help provide professional fund complexes with a top tier, best practice corporate governance platform, from which they can operate.