Andrew Childe is an independent director specialising in providing independent board level governance and dispute resolution advice to companies, partnerships, foundations, trusts and other financial structures. Andrew also takes liquidation appointments over both solvent and insolvent entities and is qualified to act as a Court appointed liquidator in the Cayman Islands.
With over 20 years’ experience in the financial services sector Andrew held Senior Management positions within the Restructuring and Corporate Finance Department at Big Four accounting firms prior to FFP Cayman.
Andrew has significant experience in dealing with a wide range of assets and with managing complex cross border litigation. He has in depth knowledge of litigation claims, secondary markets, performing and non-performing loans, traded and non-traded equities, asset backed lending, real estate sale and management, derivatives and debt instruments, private equity investments, structured finance products together with a number of other esoteric assets. This experience makes him ideally placed to advise on a wide range of investment strategies and has allowed him to build an extensive network of trusted advisors and legal counsel in multiple jurisdictions.
Andrew is a board member on a variety of investment companies in Cayman and British Virgin Islands, as well as the US, Europe, Africa and the UAE and is a qualified Court appointed liquidator in the Cayman Islands and a Certified Director. He is also a member of the Cayman Islands Directors Association, the Cayman Islands Compliance Association, registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority as an Approved Director, approved by the BVI Financial Services Commission as a Director and registered as an insolvency practitioner with the DIFC Registrar of Companies allowing him to be appointed and serve as a Nominee, Administrator, Receiver, an Administrative Receiver, a Liquidator or provisional Liquidator of an entity registered in the DIFC.
Andrew is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, CIPPA, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and is the former Secretary of the Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association in the Cayman Islands.