Cayman Finance Appoints Steve McIntosh as CEO

The Cayman Finance board of directors has appointed Steve McIntosh as CEO following a comprehensive selection process.

"Cayman Finance has made tremendous progress to become a highly effective advocate for our financial services industry at home and around the world thanks to strong leadership, consistent investment from members and on-going support from the Cayman Islands Government," Conor O'Dea, chair of the Cayman Finance board, said in a statement. "The board chose Steve as CEO to expand on that progress, supporting membership as a key stakeholder, because of his significant industry experience and exceptional record of leading businesses and developing talent to provide value and achieve success."

Mr. McIntosh comes to the Cayman Finance position with extensive experience in financial services and human resources. He began his career with the accounting firm KPMG in the United Kingdom, where he qualified as a chartered accountant, prior to transferring to the Cayman Islands in September 2001. He studied accounting and psychology at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and recently graduated with distinction from the University of Oxford's 2-year executive master of business administration program.

In 2004, Mr. McIntosh founded financial services recruitment specialist CML, later cofounding spin-offs Nova and "Connect," a nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to advancing employment opportunities for Caymanians. In 2020, he left the CML group to found CareerPoint.com, a tech-enabled start-up offering virtual coaching for early and midcareer professionals.

"I have had a front-row seat to the remarkable change that has occurred in the financial services industry in Cayman over the past 20 years," Mr. McIntosh said in the statement. "Our economy, our careers, our standard of living, and our entire way of life in Cayman is dependent on the industry's continued success. As a result, there is almost no other job or organization where I could have the opportunity to make a greater impact on the Cayman community than the role of CEO with Cayman Finance."

Cayman Finance is a private sector nonprofit organization created to protect, promote, develop, and grow the Cayman Islands financial services industry.