Managing Director | Harbour Trust
Cassandra Powell is Managing Director of The Harbour Trust Co. Ltd. and a Director of HTC Fiduciary Services Limited (together, doing business as “Harbour”). She is responsible for providing fiduciary services to Harbour’s fund clients, including serving as an independent director for such funds as well as having responsibility for unit trust structures for which Harbour serves as trustee.
Ms. Powell is an accomplished fund professional, specializing in hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity vehicles and related structures with a variety of investment strategies. Ms. Powell has over 22 years in the financial services industry and regularly speaks on corporate governance and regulatory matters within the alternative investment industry.
Prior to joining the Harbour team in 2007, Ms. Powell worked at a locally based professional services firm for over 5 years where she dealt exclusively with fund clients, providing directorship and related fiduciary services. Prior to this, Ms. Powell was employed by the Portfolio of Finance and Economic Development of the Cayman Islands Government for over 4 years.
Ms. Powell holds a Master of Business Administration degree, is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), previously served as the President of the Cayman Islands Directors Association from 2015 – 2022, is a founding Executive Committee member of the Cayman Islands location of 100 Women in Finance and a past co-chair of the location’s Education Committee. Ms. Powell is a Notary Public in the Cayman Islands.