Highwater Limited, an independent director and governance firm is delighted to announce the eighth addition to their director bench. The Cayman Island Monetary Authority approved Stacey Kirkconnell to join the board, effective from 18th January. The appointment coincides with the firm celebrating their 10th Anniversary year, a testament to their ongoing success.

Ms. Kirkconnell joined the firm in 2011 with a diverse financial services and legal background and has gained extensive experience with corporate governance and regulatory matters at board level across a broad range of hedge fund and private equity strategies.

Founder, Gary Linford said ‘Stacey has made rapid progression at HighWater and on behalf of myself and my fellow Directors, I would like to welcome her to the board. Stacey is articulate and extremely knowledgeable of industry best practice whilst demonstrating a high level of commitment to HighWater, her clients and colleagues.’ Gary went on to add ‘It is my belief that the fund industry will continue to see further demand for actively engaged, competent directors and therefore HighWater and the Managers that we work with will be well served by Ms Kirkconnell.’