Background
Emily is a Manager on Grant Thornton (Cayman) LLP's Asset Management team in the Cayman Islands. She has worked within the financial services sector for over seven years, having trained and qualified at Grant Thornton UK’s London office. She moved to Grand Cayman in late 2021 as an Audit Senior and has progressed to Assistant Manager and now Manager.
Experience.
Emily has professional experience in a variety of financial services industries including investment banking, venture capital & private equity, and hedge funds. She has worked for a variety of clients accounting under UK GAAP, US GAAP & IFRS, such as investment funds, trusts, brokers, PE houses, lenders, pension providers, and charities.
Industry experience
Before undertaking accounting exams post university, Emily did an internship for a valuation and insolvency specialist, Duff & Phelps, in their London Shard office during the summer of 2014 before final undergraduate exams, and obtained work experience for a venture capital magazine, AngelNews, in her hometown in Somerset during secondary school.
Professional qualifications and memberships
- BSc, Mathematics (1st class), University of Swansea, Wales
- MSc, Mathematics and Computing for Finance with distinction, University of Swansea, Wales
- ACA, Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales (ICAEW)
- Audit Qualification, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
