DARREN RILEY

Darren was head of location in the Cayman Islands for BNP Paribas and served as Managing Director of BNP Paribas Bank & Trust Cayman Limited for over 18 years during which time he acted as a director of BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage International Limited for three years. Prior to this he was company secretary and head of the Corporate Services Department at Deutsche Bank (Cayman) Limited. He has over 20 years' experience acting as an independent director.

Darren currently provides independent directorship services to a select group of Cayman Islands investment entities. Over the years, he has been involved in a broad range of structures including hedge funds, fund of hedge funds, private equity, commodity pools, securitizations, capital markets transactions and asset financing and leasing transactions and unit trusts.

Darren holds a BSc. (Hons.) in Applied Economics and later qualified as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers. He is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, is admitted as a Notary Public in the Cayman Islands and has passed the Series 3 National Commodity Futures Examination. Darren is registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority as a director under the Directors Registration and Licensing Act.