Operations & Accounting

Danny Kramer is an accomplished consultant with deep expertise in middle and back office investment operations. In his most recent consulting role, Danny worked with a global financial services firm to evaluate the firm’s derivatives management systems landscape by examining current capabilities and derivative system compared with competing vendor offerings. He was responsible for documenting business and technical requirements, researching market vendors, producing Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation, creating a structured scorecard for evaluation, and analyzing and presenting results​.

Prior to working with Cutter, Danny was vice president of Global Middle Office at Fidelity Investments, where he held several senior roles within investment operations and business strategy. This included as business lead on a multi-year, multimillion-dollar middle office technology implementation of Calypso software to support processing of repo securities, securities lending activities, and derivatives. Prior to Fidelity, Danny spent eight years at Wellington Management Company as vice president and senior manager, Investment Data & Derivative Services.

Rein van Rooyen is a results-driven finance and investment industry leader with international experience spearheading teams and achieving outcomes within highly competitive environments. Rein is well versed in leading change agendas, including building capabilities, integrating functions, culture journeys, structure realignment, and operational transformations. Rein comfortably navigates ambiguity, drives forward change, and develops innovative commercial solutions with a sustained commitment for stakeholder centricity and broader organizational impacts. A global thought leader and champion of innovation and transformation, he has extensive experience across superannuation, investment management, banking, risk, and insurance. He has a deep understanding of investment management system use and design.

Prior to Cutter, Rein spent five years at QSuper, where he led the middle and back office for the AUD 100 billion fund, including overseeing investment data, investment performance & analytics, investment risk & compliance, trade support, cash & treasury, collateral management & optimization, valuations & alternatives, investment implementation and deal team, as well as fund operations. He also worked for PwC in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, where he led a variety of client engagements.