W. William Woods LL.B ICD.D
W. William Woods is a fund director at Hawksford. He currently serves as a professional independent director on the boards of hedge funds, private fund GPs, corporate vehicles, special purpose vehicles and investment management companies and as an Independent Review Committee (IRC) member for Canadian investment fund groups. He has acted as a director to Cayman Islands funds for more than 22 years and has greater than 40 years’ experience in the financial services industry with more than 26 years’ experience in the offshore funds sector between the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.
Prior to joining Hawksford – formerly Paradigm Governance Partners Ltd – William had 20 years’ experience in the business development and strategic planning for stock exchanges, including over six years as the CEO of the Bermuda Stock Exchange and three years as acting in-house counsel at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
He is a Professional Director registered pursuant to the Cayman Islands Directors Registration and Licensing Act, 2014. He has been the President and CEO of WWWoods & Co. for more than 22 years, and provides specialist consulting expertise in the financial services, capital markets and B2B e-commerce space. For three years he was a solicitor at Linklaters in Hong Kong. William is admitted to practice in Bermuda, England and Wales, and Hong Kong.
The services of Mr. Woods as a director are provided by Hawksford Governance Services Cayman Limited. Hawksford is licensed by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority under the Cayman Islands Companies Management Act to provide directors to Cayman Islands funds.
William prides himself on being an investment fund governance expert, with considerable experience in acting as a director providing a high-level supervisory role on the Board of a fund, and particular expertise as an independent review committee member.
Qualifications: LL.B.
Institute of Corporate Directors, ICD.D (June 2017)