James Macfee

Experience

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  KPMG UK

  Oct 2009 - Sept 2013

  Voluntary and Official Liquidations; Restructuring Engagements External Audit

  • Assistant Manager, Audit

    Oct 2012 - Sept 2013

  • Audit Assitant

    Oct 2009 - Oct 2012
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  KPMG in the Cayman Islands

  Oct 2013 - Dec 2015

  Assistant Manager, Restructuring

  Voluntary and Official Liquidations, Restructuring engagements

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  Estera

  Jan 2016 - Jun 2017

  Manager - Corporate

  Fund Fiduciary and other related services including voluntary liquidations, conflict review and client accounting

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  Clipper Round the World Yacht Race (Clipper Ventures plc)

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2018

  Watch Leader - Liverpool 2018

  The Clipper Race is one of the biggest challenges of the natural world and an endurance test like no other. It’s a record-breaking 40,000 nautical mile race around the world on a 70-foot ocean racing yacht.

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  Estera

  Sept 2018 - Jan 2019

  Client Manager
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  S/Y Adela

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  Bosun

  188m privately owned yacht competing in the elite superyacht regattas around the world.

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  Fearless Projects - Telefonica Black VO70

  May 2019 - Jan 2020

  First Mate, Safety Officer and Race Crew

  We setup this company to race in some of the most prestigious races in the world with a full amateur crew, while competing with some of the best professional teams in the world. As a member of our team, not only do you get to feel the awesome speed & power of a Volvo 70, you will learn how to sail the boat and become part of the crew.We welcome all skill levels and backgrounds and will discuss what you want to gain from your race. You could hone your helming skills, get involved with the weather routing/navigation/tactics or learn your way around the foredeck and sail configurations. We are committed to providing individually tailored training and coaching while creating a great team atmosphere where everyone is included. Show less

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  International Management Services Ltd (IMS)

  Jan 2020 - Apr 2021

  Fund Director

  International Management Services (”IMS”), one of the oldest licensed financial service providers in the Cayman Islands (first licensed in 1974), has long been a pioneer in the world of offshore financial services and is now a leading provider of fund governance and fiduciary services in the Cayman Islands, providing independent directors to hedge funds and many of the largest international wealth management groups.

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  Ogier

  Aug 2021 - now

  Independent Director

  Ogier is a leading provider of integrated legal and corporate administration services. We advise on five laws: BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg. Our network of offices also includes Beijing, BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. Corporate and finance law form the core of our business, principally in the areas of banking and finance, corporate and commercial, investment funds, dispute resolution and private wealth. We also have strong practices in the areas of employee benefits, employment law, regulatory, restructuring and insolvency, property and tax. Our corporate administration business, Ogier Global, works with our partner led legal teams to incorporate and administer a wide variety of vehicles. Ogier Global provides tailored services in the areas of companies, partnerships, investment funds, structured finance vehicles and trusts. These services include incorporation and registered office services; company secretary and administration services; board support and the provision of directors (individual and corporate), regulatory compliance services; bookkeeping, accounting and reporting services; process agent and liquidation services. www.ogier.com Show less