CBIS Global Funds plc Board of Directors
Eimear Cowhey
Ms. Cowhey has over 15 years' experience in the offshore funds industry and currently acts as an independent director and consultant to a number of Irish companies and investment funds. From 1999 to 2006 she held various executive positions within The Pioneer Group, including Head of Legal and Compliance and Head of Product Development. From 1992 to 1999 she was Global Fund Director and Head Legal Counsel of INVESCO Asset Management. She qualified in 1990 as an Irish solicitor with the Irish law firm William Fry and she holds a Bachelor of Civil Law received from University College Dublin in 1986. She also holds a C. Dip. A F (Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance) which was received from the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants in 1989. She is a former Council member and past Chairman of IFIA.
Denise Kinsella
Ms. Kinsella is an independent non-executive director of a number of investment funds/financial services companies. She is a lawyer by profession and for six years (1999 to 2005) was a Partner at Dillon Eustace Solicitors, specialising in financial services law, in particular investment funds, banking and security, and responsible for advising a number of major domestic and internationally ranked financial institutions on investment, banking and financial services. Prior to that she was employed by Bank of Ireland Group for 11 years where she held a number of senior roles including, in Bank of Ireland Securities Services, as Director of Client Services and Director of Legal Affairs and, in Bank of Ireland Asset Management, as a Senior Manager. Ms. Kinsella is a former Chairman of the Irish Funds Industry Association and IFIA’s legal and regulatory sub-committee. She has also participated on a number of funds industry working groups. She holds an honours BA (Mod) degree in Legal Science from Trinity College Dublin (1983) and was admitted as a solicitor by the Law Society of Ireland in 1987.
Michael W. O’Hern, FSC
Br. O’Hern has been involved in the financial services industry for more than 20 years. Since 1989, he has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Manager, responsible for the overall leadership and direction of the firm. From 1987 until 1989, he was the Executive Vice President of the Investment Manager. In this role, he was responsible for assessing and revaluating the investment advisory services provided by the Investment Manager. In this context, he met with every separate account client of the Investment Manager as well as every client with a significant investment in the collective investment schemes managed by the Investment Manager. Additionally, he represented the Investment Manager in its sponsorship of a new alternative loan investment fund affiliated with the Investment Manager. He is a member of the De La Salle Brothers, the Catholic religious order which owns the Investment Manager. Prior to his joining the Investment Manager, he was Director of Catholic Secondary Schools, Archdiocese of Chicago from 1983 until 1987. He was educated at Lewis College, Michigan State University, Northwestern University and the University of Chicago where he received a Masters of Business Administration.
David Skelding
Mr. Skelding is Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of the Investment Manager with responsibility for all legal and compliance matters. He is a member of the management team of the Investment Manager. From 1999 to 2005 he was head of participant services with the Investment Manager with the responsibility for oversight and management of delivery of investment advisory services to the Investment Manager’s clients. He joined the Investment Manager in 1998, prior to that he was an equity partner in the firm of Lord, Bissell and Brook (now known as Locke, Lord, Bissell & Liddell) where he was an attorney for 15 years specialising in investment management and other financial services work. He was educated at the Cornell Law School and the University of Chicago.
