The International Funds Conference produced an enviable list of internationally respected speakers for the 2009 event, and we have been extremely honoured by the number of world class speakers that have made themselves available for our 2010 conference. Our goal is to make this into an annual event that every major player in our industry will have marked on their calender as ‘must attend’ and we have taken a big step forward in pursuit of that goal with the speakers and panelists we have assembled this year.

Browse through the speaker gallery to the right to see a short biogaphy of each speaker as you roll over their picture, and click on the picture to see a full bio and details on their presentation.

George A. McCarthy, OBE, JP
Chairman of the Board | Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Mr. George A. McCarthy, OBE, JP’s current appointment as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority took place on 21 July 2009.

A former Financial Secretary for the Cayman Islands, Mr. McCarthy previously served as CIMA’s Chairman, from the Authority’s inception in 1997 until it gained operational independence from the Government in 2003.

Mr. McCarthy retired in June 2009 after serving 35 years as a Cayman Islands civil servant. His most recent position was that of Chief Secretary, a post he held from November 2004. During his tenure in that role, he was responsible for the Portfolio of Internal and External Affairs, which encompassed the Portfolio of the Civil Service, the Legislative Department, the Immigration Department, and the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service among its areas of responsibility.

Prior to that, he was the Financial Secretary for 12 years, from 1992 to 2004.

Mr. McCarthy joined the Civil Service in 1974 in the Internal Audit Department and was appointed as the Deputy Financial Secretary in 1985. He earned his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation in 1987, following which he had a two-year secondment with Ernst & Young before returning to government.

Mr. McCarthy was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 1992 and named Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1994.