Experienced & Dedicated
What sets the directors that Highwater supports apart?
Experience
The independent directors are seasoned professionals with extensive and relevant industry experience in senior positions ensuring a full awareness of fiduciary duties and obligations, as well as a practical and commercial approach to the role.
Relationships
They have built strong relationships with investment managers, investors and service providers and interact with them personally and regularly.
Fairness
They ensure the equitable treatment of all stakeholders in a fund.
Diversity
The independent directors supported by HighWater are highly qualified, experienced professionals, bringing diverse management and advisory skills gained from finance, investment banking, banking, capital markets, investment management, fund administration, legal, audit, operational due diligence and fund regulation backgrounds.
Global reach
The independent directors' client base is spread throughout Asia, Europe, South America and the USA and they travel frequently to maintain their global reach.
Capacity
The independent directors supported by HighWater personally serve as directors and maintain a limited number of high-quality relationships to ensure that they have the necessary time to devote to each one personally and effectively.
Availability
They utilise the latest technology available to ensure that they are able to work from anywhere and exceed expectations on communication and timely response.
What we do
Independent Directors
Institutional investors should require independent directors who have relevant industry expertise and who will fulfill their fiduciary duties in the best interests of the fund and its investors. In an industry of growing complexity and increased regulation, investors and managers seek directors who will make a genuine contribution and not shy away from difficult decisions.
Distressed Funds
Distressed funds can find themselves without the appropriate independent board of directors to guide them through a restructuring process, an orderly realisation of assets, or a voluntary liquidation. This is where the directors supported by HighWater excel.
Investment Managers
As a stepping stone to setting up a permanent office, we assist investment fund managers to establish a physical presence in the Cayman Islands, working closely with onshore legal counsel, tax and regulatory advisors.
Ancillary Services
HighWater supports the independent directors by offering a range of ancillary services to the alternative investment funds industry.
