Laven Partners has appointed Nick Illsley as a director within the firm’s due diligence department.
With over 11 years of experience in finance of which more than seven years in the hedge fund space, Illsley (pictured) will work to address clients’ due diligence challenges within the current and changing operational and regulatory environment.
“We are pleased to add such an experienced professional to our team,” says Jerome Lussan, CEO and founder of Laven Partners. “Nick complements Laven Partners’ know-how in due diligence and enhances further the strength and depth of our due diligence process. Nick has a longstanding expertise in the alternatives space capturing aspects such as treasury, middle office and operations. His prior audit and accounting expertise will be a valuable asset to seamlessly understand and deliver on clients’ objectives.”
Illsley says: ‘I am very excited to be joining such a dynamic and diverse group of experts at the cutting edge of financial consulting. I look forward to being part of further developing and implementing the Laven Partners due diligence services and RegTech solutions.’
Illsley trained as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young before moving to Lehman Brothers where he ran the euro medium term note desk.
He then joined BlueCrest Capital where he managed part of its Product control group before going on to head up the collateral management team.
Later, he joined Systematica as it span out from BlueCrest to lead the treasury and collateral team.
