Tom Davis

Tom is Chairman of the Board of the group holding company and serves as the group’s Chief Executive Officer. He has been with Meridian Fund Services since October 2000.

Tom has over thirty years of experience in the financial services industry. He has held a number of senior management roles in the funds services division of the Bank of Bermuda in Guernsey, Luxembourg, New York and in his native Bermuda. After leaving the Bank he helped to form, and was the chief executive and a part owner of, two Bermuda based licensed trust companies, one of which was affiliated with Olympia Capital, a hedge fund services company of which he also served as senior vice president.

Tom has an undergraduate degree in business studies from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, an MBA degree from York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and was awarded with a degree in Chartered Accountancy by the Institutes of Chartered Accountants of Nova Scotia and Bermuda.

A long and varied service to the community includes serving as the chairman of the Bermuda International Business Association, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bermuda, chairman of the trustees of the Whitney Educational Trust and service on numerous government and charitable boards. Tom was appointed to be a Justice of the Peace by the Bermuda Government in recognition of his service to the community.

Randy Troy

Randy is Deputy Chairman of the group holding company and serves as the group's Chief Operating Officer. He helped establish Meridian Fund Services (USA) LLC in New York in May 2004 and also serves as its President.

Randy is a certified public accountant in the state of New York and had over a decade of industry experience before joining Meridian Fund Services. Prior to joining Meridian Fund Services, he was Chief Financial Officer of a quantitative-based multi-strategy hedge fund group, and controller of another large hedge fund, both located in Manhattan.

Randy began his career at the New York office of Deloitte & Touche LLP in their financial services industry group. In that audit position, he worked with some of the world's largest brokerage and investment firms. He graduated with honors from New York University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, and previously held a Series 27 Financial Operations Principal securities license.

Patrick Donnelly

Patrick is the President of Meridian Fund Services (Canada) Limited. Patrick joined Meridian Fund Services in September 2006 and was instrumental in establishing our formal presence in Halifax in January 2007.

From 1995, Patrick has held senior management positions for Citigroup Fund Services (Bermuda) Ltd. and HSBC/Bank of Bermuda Fund Services Group, where he was responsible for building effective teams of professionals who provided accounting, valuation and investor services to a fast growing portfolio of hedge fund clients.

Patrick qualified as a chartered accountant while working in the Halifax, Nova Scotia, office of Grant Thornton, one of Canada’s leading professional accounting firms. He graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, in 1990 with a BBA degree as an accounting major.

Cary Marr

Cary joined the Meridian Group in 1999 from Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he held various roles including Senior Auditor and Audit Manager in the Alternative Investment Group from 1992 to 1999. Since 1999 he has served in various roles at Meridian, and currently serves as President of Meridian Fund Services (Cayman) Limited.

Cary earned his Bachelor's in Administration with a Major in Accounting from the University of Regina. He is a Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Saskatchewan. He is a current member of various associations in the Cayman Islands, most notably the Cayman Islands Directors Association, through which he was awarded the Accredited Director designation (Acc.Dir.) by Chartered Secretaries Canada. He is also a member of Cayman Islands Fund Administrators Association and Cayman Finance.

Sharon Davis

Sharon is the Senior Vice President, Corporate and Compliance for Meridian Fund Services, worldwide. She is also the company secretary for our holding company.

Sharon joined Meridian Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited in 2001 and is responsible for ensuring that the corporate records, filings and compliance are in place for both Meridian Fund Services and the funds we administer. She also has the responsibility for establishing and monitoring our compliance policies and procedures and the adherence thereto. Additionally, she serves as an officer for several other Meridian Fund Services companies.

Sharon has over 27 years experience in corporate administration. Prior to joining Meridian Fund Services, she was the treasurer/accountant for a Bermuda-based investment management company serving captive insurance companies. She also served twelve years as a corporate services administrator for Exxon Financial Services Company Limited and corporate secretary for the Exxon companies based in Bermuda. Before joining Exxon, she held the post of executive secretary at Mello & Jones and the Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Sons Ltd.

She attended the University of Maryland University College and has obtained Corporate Procedures Certificates issued by the Bermuda Branch of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Eric Smith

Eric is the Senior Vice President, IT Support for Meridian Fund Services (USA) LLC. He first joined Meridian Fund Services in 2003 and worked in the Bermuda office before opening the Cambridge office in 2006.

Prior to joining Meridian Fund Services, Eric worked in a variety of technology sectors, including pharmaceutical, telecommunications, e-commerce, e-learning, and consulting.

Eric graduated from Williams College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1999.