Horseshoe Group (Horseshoe) has made two senior hires to strengthen its fund administration offering. Keenan Press and Gordon Paterson have been appointed as SVP – Head of Investor Services and Group Manager – Fund accounting respectively.
Horseshoe Group (Horseshoe) has made two senior hires to strengthen its fund administration offering. Keenan Press and Gordon Paterson have been appointed as SVP – Head of Investor Services and Group Manager – Fund accounting respectively.
Both Press and Paterson will be based out of Horseshoe’s Bermuda office and will play key roles in the firm’s fund administration business.
Press has over 15 years of investor services and compliance experience within the hedge fund industry and was most recently a Senior Manager and Compliance Officer at Continental Management Limited focusing on trust and corporate services clients. Prior to Continental, Keenan spent several years at Opus Fund Services as Director of Client Services and Implementation. Keenan has also held Senior roles at Dundee Leeds and BNY Mellon.
Paterson has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry including 13 years in the fund administration space. Prior to joining Horseshoe, Gordon was Head of Operations for Equinoxe AIS (Bermuda) Ltd where he managed the fund accounting and investor services operations for both traditional Hedge and ILS Funds. Prior to Equinoxe, he worked at Citi Hedge Fund Services Ltd as Assistant Vice President within the Fund Accounting department.
Andre Perez (pictured), CEO of Horseshoe, says: “We are extremely excited to have Keenan and Gordon join our team. Their extensive expertise and broad industry knowledge will enhance our level of client service and help further develop our many capabilities in the fund administration space.”
“I’m looking forward to working with this dynamic team to continue to build our firm and strengthen the valuable relationships we have with our clients,” says Press. “This is an exciting time to join this growing company and to become a contributor to the growth and continued success of Horseshoe. Horseshoe’s comprehensive services coupled with its technology and reporting capabilities make for a very attractive offering in the alternative fund markets,” says Paterson.
Brian Desmond, Head of Horseshoe Fund Services, adds: “We could not be more delighted to welcome both Keenan and Gordon to our team. We were looking for the right people to add to our growing team and their skill set and experience fit perfectly. We are confident that their industry experience will enable them to successfully contribute to our expansion plans.”
