Team

Executive

   

Kenneth M. Krys - Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Email: Kenneth.Krys@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 345 815 8401 (Cayman)
Direct: +1 284 852 1763 (BVI)

Kenneth Krys is a qualified and licensed insolvency practitioner in the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Bermuda with 20 years experience in a range of corporate recovery, forensic accounting and regulatory compliance assignments. He has overseen the liquidation of a number of high profile and complex cross-border engagements in the Caribbean, including BCCI, SPhinX and Fairfield Sentry. He was Head of Compliance (Enforcement) of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority from 2001 - 2004 and was part of the Deloitte team that assisted the Thailand Government with their financial services viability review in 1997 and 1998.

Ken is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, Certified Specialist in Asset Recovery and Chartered Business Valuator.

He is Vice-President of the Cayman Islands Compliance Association (CICA) and is acting President of local chapter #123 of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). He was a former council member of the Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants (CISPA) serving on the Investigation and Compliance Sub-Committees, and currently sits on the CISPA Insolvency Practitioners Sub-Committee.

Further, he is a member of INSOL International, American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) - serving on its Caribbean Insolvency Symposium Board of Advisors, The International Association for Asset Recovery and the Restructuring and Insolvency Specialist Association (BVI) Limited. Ken has provided expert evidence in a number of litigation matters, has written various articles and speaks frequently at conferences and symposiums.
 

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Alison Cockle - Chief Financial Officer

Email: Alison.Cockle@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 345 815 8437

Alison is primarily responsible for overseeing the financial and administrative operations of the firm.

For six years prior to her relocation to the Cayman Islands in 2010, Alison served as Financial Controller for a privately-owned, entrepreneurial, UK based firm, and was instrumental in establishing a sound financial model that ensured the economic stability and future of the company. In her previous role, as both joint founder and Finance Director for an Australian-based software distribution firm, she was responsible for implementing robust distribution and finance functions for the start-up firm.

Alison is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Newcastle. She is a member of the Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants.

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Managing Directors

Margot MacInnis - Managing Director

Email: Margot.Macinnis@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 345 815 8404

Margot joined KRyS Global as a Director in its Cayman office and has over 12 years of experience in the financial services industry. In her tenure at KRyS Global, Margot has been extensively involved in the liquidation of the Sphinx Group of Companies, working closely with the liquidators, the Liquidation Committee and their advisors in the formulation of a scheme of arrangement and leading the liquidation activities in relation to investor and creditor matters. Margot has also been involved in various other client engagements, including the liquidation of a diamond mine, investigating and reporting to the Office of Complaints Commissioner of the Cayman Islands, as well as other administration and receivership appointments.

Prior to joining the firm, she was the compliance manager of an independent administrator for a group of hedge funds with $7 billion in assets under management. In addition, she worked for an international accounting firm in its financial advisory services group where she managed operational and creditor related matters for international insolvency and restructuring projects. Margot is dynamic, energetic and focused on providing quality service to client engagements. Her experience encompasses cross-border insolvency, regulatory compliance, corporate recovery, risk management and use of technology to address corporate governance and policy objectives.

Margot is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and a Certified Fraud Examiner. She is currently a member of the New Brunswick Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants.

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John Greenwood - Managing Director

Email: John.Greenwood@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 284 852 1750
Mobile: +1 284 541 4303

John is a legal and compliance professional with over 20 years' extensive experience. He has practised in the BVI for over 10 years as an insolvency, financial services, corporate and trusts lawyer.

He was one of the founding partners of Withers BVI in Tortola specialising in setting up and restructuring hedge funds and alternative investment structures including trust and corporate entities.

He was also a partner at Ernst and Young Law (Lex Caribbean) in the BVI where as a licensed insolvency practitioner took numerous appointments involving offshore investment companies, hedge funds and insurance companies in the BVI and throughout the Caribbean offshore jurisdictions and has been appointed to offshore companies with operations and assets in the UK, USA and Europe.

He was appointed by the Financial Services Commission to act as a provisional liquidator and liquidator on public interests ground to a failed hedge fund, Meridian Income Bond Limited, and acted as Court appointed receiver by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court to secure assets in five companies on application of HMRC.

Before returning to private practise John worked in house with the Bank of NT Butterfield in Bermuda and in the Cayman Islands, where he was responsible for the provision of legal and compliance advice in respect of the groups global activities in treasury capital markets, asset management, investment management, custody, trusts and corporate services, and fund administration functions.

John worked with HSBC Holdings plc in London for 7 years in the global treasury and capital markets arm of HSBC, which included HSBC Asset Management and James Capel Investment Mangers and Stockbrokers.

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Edmund Rahming - Managing Director

Email: Edmund.Rahming@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 242 327 1447

Ed brings a broad range of experience in insolvency, fraud and forensic accounting investigations and litigation-related financial analyses.

He commenced his career as an auditor with a Big Four firm in the Bahamas in 1996. He subsequently transferred to the corporate recovery and forensic accounting services arm of the firm where he went on to work in its New York, Cayman and London offices. Ed has over thirteen years experience in providing insolvency, fraud and forensic accounting investigations, and litigation support services in various industries. He served as the lead manager of a forensic accounting team that assisted in the defense of more than US$15 billion debt securities in bondholders' actions throughout the United States.

Ed holds a MBA degree from the University of Florida. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner and is certified in Financial Forensics by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a member of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is currently the President of the Bahamas Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners.

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Patrick McPhee - Managing Director

Email: Patrick.McPhee@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 441 292 0818

Patrick is the Managing Director of KRyS Global's Bermuda Office. He has over 18 years' experience in the areas of Corporate Recovery,     Restructuring, Forensic Investigations and Litigation Support Services. Patrick started his professional career with two Big Four firms' Corporate Recovery Divisions in Australia. Subsequently, he was involved in a number of offshore jurisdictions, including Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Singapore, Brunei, and recently, Malaysia.

Patrick also acted as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of three publically-listed Australian companies to oversee and implement internal financial restructuring of these entities. More recently he was a Partner and Executive Director with Australasian Insolvency specialist, Ferrier Hodgson, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he oversaw a wide variety of Insolvency Administrations including Court appointed Liquidations, Debenture and Court appointed Receivers and Managers, Forensic Investigations and Corporate Restructurings of both private and public companies. Patrick has also led various Financial Advisory roles.

Patrick has a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from the Queensland University in Australia and is a member of CPA Malaysia. He is also a member of the Chartered Secretaries of Australia.

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Professional Team

Timothy Le Cornu - Director

Email: Timothy.LeCornu@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 345 815 8409

Tim is a director in KRyS Global's Cayman Islands' office. He has in excess of 17 years experience in insolvency administrations, corporate restructuring and financial consulting to companies in financial distress. An Australian national, he has also worked in a number of jurisdictions on long term secondments including Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Papua New Guinea, where he specialized in insolvency administrations and corporate reorganizations.

Tim is a qualified Insolvency Practitioner, pursuant to Part II of the Insolvency Practitioners Amendment Regulations, 2010 and currently acts as Joint Official Liquidator of a number of Cayman entities. His work involves complex cross-border asset recoveries including litigation, investigations, negotiations with stakeholders, management of ongoing operations and the sale of assets. Tim has a particular interest in the Asian region and currently manages several high profile liquidations with subsidiaries in the region.

Tim has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, a Fellow of INSOL International, and a member of the Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants, the American Bankruptcy Institute and INSOL.

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Alyson Reilly - Senior Manager

Email: Alyson.Reilly@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 345 815 8403

Prior to relocating to Cayman Alyson was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in October 2006 and worked for a large UK law firm specializing in all areas of corporate and personal insolvency and recovery. She has a wealth of experience of anti-avoidance litigation and has represented insolvency practitioners, banks and directors alike. Her experience includes a number of high value misfeasance claims and actions against shareholders for the receipt of unlawful dividends. She has advised insolvency practitioners in relation to realizing assets in the UK, Northern Cyprus, France and South Africa.

Alyson holds a Bachelors Honours Degree in Law and Accountancy and is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales.

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Charlotte Caulfield - Senior Manager

Email: Charlotte.Caulfield@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 284 852 1751
Mobile: +1 284 541 2241

Charlotte Caulfield has worked in insolvency, restructuring and recovery for fifteen years. She is licensed by the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission as a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner and is a Senior Manager at KRyS Global.

Prior to joining KRyS Global's BVI office in 2009, Charlotte practiced in London, UK. She holds the UK Joint Insolvency Examination Board qualification together with the Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency. As an insolvency specialist, Charlotte has gained substantial experience dealing with insolvent and solvent liquidations, administrations, independent business reviews and receiverships. She has managed all types of insolvency appointments dealing with everything from large multi-site trading appointments to high profile personal bankruptcies to large complex cross-border engagements and everything in between.

She is a member of R3, the Insolvency Practitioner's Association (England) and the American Bankruptcy Institute. She is also a member of the Restructuring & Insolvency Specialists Association (BVI) and currently serves on their Education and Training Committee.

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Christopher Smith - Senior Manager

Email: Christopher.Smith@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 345 815 8414

Before joining the firm in October 2011, Chris worked in the Recovery and Reorganization Department of a top 5 accountancy firm in Gibraltar for more than 6 years. Prior to that he was employed by a specialist insolvency firm in London for more than 10 years.

Chris has a law degree, the Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency and the Joint Insolvency Examination Board qualifications and has broad experience of most business sectors but with specific emphasis on insurance and financial services. Whilst in Gibraltar he was involved with the first ever liquidation of a long term insurer regulated in Gibraltar and the first Administrations pursuant to the newly implemented Financial Services (Temporary Administration of Companies) Act 2010.

He is a member of R3, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals and INSOL.

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John Skelton - Senior Manager

Email: John.Skelton@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 345 815 8408

Prior to relocating to Cayman in 2009, John worked with two of Ireland's leading insolvency firms. John has a wide range of experience, which include high profile receiverships, members and creditors voluntary liquidations and Court-supervised liquidations.

In addition to his work in insolvency, John also spent time both as financial controller of a Fortune 500 company and as an external auditor.

John has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI). He also holds a Diploma in Forensic Accounting awarded by ICAI and is a member of the Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants and INSOL Europe.

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Declan Magennis - Manager

Email: Declan.Magennis@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 345 815 8417

Declan joined KRyS Global in 2010 and has worked on a variety of Court appointed and voluntary liquidations.

An Irish national, Declan graduated with an LLB Business Law degree from London Guildhall University and worked in the legal industry in London before returning to Ireland to work in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Dublin with an American financial services company.

Declan then joined Foster McAteer, a specialist insolvency accountancy practice in Dublin before joining Grant Thornton in Dublin as a manager in its Restructuring and Re-Organization department. He has experience in all forms of insolvency appointments and, in particular, solvent members' voluntary liquidations and has also carried out independent reviews for financial institutions in Ireland. Assignments Declan has worked on include the successful Examinership of Toni & Guy Ireland, the winding-up of funds for corporations such as Merrill Lynch Bank of America, Wells Fargo and the Cowen Group and restructuring Members' Voluntary Liquidations for corporations such as Hewlett-Packard, Heinz and Rio Tinto.

Declan is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants, the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners, INSOL International, and American Bankruptcy Institute. 

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Frank McGing - Manager

Email: Frank.McGing@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 284 852 1752
Mobile: +1 284 541 7939

Prior to relocating to the British Virgin Islands in February 2010, Frank spent six years working with one of Ireland's leading specialist insolvency and corporate advisory firms, Foster McAteer, which has since merged with Grant Thornton. During this time, Frank gained valuable experience in Corporate Recovery, Restructuring, Forensic Investigation, Litigation Support, Corporate Finance and Financial Consultancy Engagements. Additionally, he performed independent financial reviews on a large range of Irish Companies on behalf a major Irish Financial Institution.

Frank is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the British Virgin Islands Recovery and Insolvency Specialist Association (RISA) and holds a Bachelor of Business Studies from Trinity College Dublin.

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Nicolette Reiss - Manager

Email: Nicolette.Reiss@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 284 852 1753

Nicolette's diverse background includes corporate recovery and consulting matters. She worked at Ernst & Young in Bermuda and London on the liquidation of various insurance and reinsurance companies including Mentor, Dover and Bermuda Fire & Marine. Nicolette was part of the E&Y team in Jamaica during the banking crisis and set up of FINSAC. After leaving E&Y, she consulted for many SEC registrants providing technical accounting implementation, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and prepared SEC filings.

Recently, Nicolette held a public sector post as the Assistant Auditor General of the Government of Bermuda managing a team of auditors and preparing special reports on performance audits and forensic investigations. Nicolette has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Miami, is a licensed Certified Professional Accountant, a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Bermuda.

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Tangela Russell - Manager

Email: Tangela.Russell@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 242 327 1447

Tangela presently holds the position of Manager in KRyS Global's Bahamas' office. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Financial Management with a concentration in Accounting and a MBA in International Business. With over ten years of accounting and financial experience, she most recently held the positions of Regional Head of Accounting at a local private bank and Manager at a major accounting firm. Tangela has a solid background in corporate consolidations, trust accounting and managerial financial reporting. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and holds a Trust Diploma from the Bahamas Institute of Financial Services.

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Andrew Seeckts - Manager

Email: Andrew.Seeckts@KRyS-Global.com
Direct: +1 284 852 1754

Andrew joined KRyS Global as a Manager in November 2011, relocating to the British Virgin Islands from Melbourne, Australia. Andrew came to the firm having gained a range of insolvency experience after having worked with one of Australia's largest restructuring firms for the past three years. Prior to that, Andrew was employed as an auditor at a Big 4 firm.

Andrew's insolvency experience includes numerous independent business reviews, large and complex receiverships, court appointed liquidations and forensic investigations.

Andrew has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a Chartered Accountant. He is a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia.

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