Judging process

The judging process is rigorous and thorough to ensure that all the entries receive full consideration and that the true winners are chosen.

Judges will take part in a judging conference call, where the winners will be decided, where one expert per category will be asked to summarise the judges comments and provide any additional input as required. Judges have discretionary power to move submissions into alternative categories that they think may be more suitable. All judges are required to sign a disclaimer form to keep information about entries and the final winners confidential.

The judging panel

The judges are carefully selected for their wealth of experience and expertise, as well as their absence of conflicts of interest.

PLEASE NOTE: Judges do not judge any categories that their company has been entered in and are obliged to declare that they have no conflicts of interest prior to judging.

  

Martin O’Regan
Martin O’Regan,Director , Solas Fiduciary Services
Martin O’Regan is Managing Director and founder of Solas Fiduciary Services. With over 20 years’ experience and a qualified accountant (CPA, ACCA), Martin’s experience encompasses all aspects of audit, compliance, fiduciary, fund administration and banking services to hedge funds, fund of funds and other alternative investment vehicles - including fintech, private equity funds, infrastructure funds, property and real estate funds, discretionary and private funds.
Martin has held several senior positions in the financial services industry. Prior to Solas his previous role was with Intertrust Singapore with the mandate to continue the expansion of its fiduciary services in Asia. Prior to joining Intertrust, Martin was based in Hong Kong and Singapore where he was a director and headed the Alternative Funds Services business in Asia for Deutsche Bank. Before this he worked at Citi Fund Services in Bermuda, Apex Fund Services in Dubai and UBS Fund Services in both Cayman Islands and Hong Kong. Martin began his funds career with BDO Simpson Xavier Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
Martin is registered as a Director with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), pursuant to the Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014.


Marc Towers, CA
Marc Towers, Founder, Towers Fiduciary
Marc is the Founder of Towers Fiduciary Pte. Ltd., an Independent Investment Management consulting company. Previously he was a Director in Investment Operations at PAAMCO where his responsibilities included overseeing PAAMCO’s Asia-based Operational Due Diligence efforts and Compliance for PAAMCO’s Asia operations. He was also a member of the firms Risk Management Committee. Prior to joining PAAMCO, Marc was the Head of Operational Due Diligence for KBC Alpha Asset Management based in Hong Kong. Before joining KBC in 2006, Marc was Chief Operating Officer of Azura Capital Advisors in Singapore, where he established and managed the operations of a multi-strategy Asia macro hedge fund. Prior to this, he worked for Credit Suisse, originally in London and then in Asia in a number of different roles including Chief Operating Officer and Head of Product Control for the Emerging Markets Division. He began his career at Ernst & Young in Perth, Western Australia. Marc is a member of the AIMA Singapore Regulatory Committee. He has twenty plus years of investment experience.