Professional services from a professional team
Our clients have more than just expertise on their side. They’ve got a dedicated team of individuals with innovative spirits who enjoy what they do.
We believe that every client is unique and has customized investment goals. To that end, each client is assigned a team which is comprised of a manager, a fund accountant and a fund administrator. Each team manager is a Certified Public Accountant and adds value to each investment by carefully making an informed decision to create the most value for the client.
The entire Premier Fund Services team is dedicated to the professional management of our client’s assets in order to obtain the best returns. Each person has a specific role to ensure seamless client focused support and attention.
Our skilled team is headed by professionals with a broad range of experience.
Senior Management Team
Terah L. Rahming - President & CEO | CPA, Canadian Securities Exam
Terah Rahming, a certified public accountant, is the President and CEO of Premier and is also a director of Premier. She heads our management team. Terah attended and is a graduate of Florida Memorial College and is a licensed member of the Colorado State Board of Accountancy, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and of The Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants. She currently serves on the board of directors of 9 investment funds and takes her duties very seriously and fulfils them with the competence, honesty and diligence which are her hallmarks. With over 14 years of industry experience, she is devoted to consistently producing work of first-rate quality and is continually sharpening her skills.
Terah worked as a staff accountant in the audit department at PriceWater House, Nassau, Bahamas from 1989 to 1991. After serving as an account officer at the First Home Banking Centre for one year, Terah took up employment as a senior auditor at Earnst & Young. From 1995 to 2003, Terah served as manager of Fund services and compliance officer at Oceanic Bank and Trust Limited and then she became the President of Oceanic Fund Services Limited in 2003. She held this position until 2007 when she and other members of Oceanic Fund Services Management team formed Premier Fund Services Limited.
Tanya Carey - Manager/Financial Controller | CPA, Series 7 Exam
A graduate of Fisk University, Tanya Carey is also a certified public accountant. Tanya is a licensed member of the New Hampshire State Board of Accountancy, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a licensee and member of The Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants. She is the financial comptroller and manager at Premier. From 1999 to 2003, Tanya worked in the audit department of Deloitte & Touche Nassau and Freeport Offices. She started as an audit junior and rose to audit senior in 2001. She held that position until 2003, when she became a supervisor at Oceanic Fund Services Limited until 2007. In 2007 Tanya, became the financial comptroller and manager of Premier Fund Services Limited.
A dedicated, proficient and loyal individual, Tanya has 5 years experience of supervising and managing a team of 8 individuals comprising accountants and fund administrators and supervising and performing the calculation of monthly net asset values for funds under administration. She also has experience with planning, coordinating and performing the audits of corporate entities; reviewing and assessing clients’ internal control systems; reporting on weaknesses and possible means of improving systems; training and evaluating audit assistants; preparing financial statements in accordance with International Accounting Standards.
Barbara Bowe-Rolle - Manager | CPA
Barbara Bowe-Rolle is also a manager of Premier. Like both Terah and Tanya, Barbara is a certified public accountant by profession and is a licensed member of The Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants. She commenced employment with KPMG in Nassau in August 1993 immediately upon graduation from the University of South Florida, where she attained a BA in accounting. While at KPMG she worked on the audit teams of offshore banks, hedge funds and retail entities. In November 1997 at her request, she was transferred to the Freeport office of KPMG. At KPMG she supervised and managed audit engagements involving the audit of hotels, shipping and port entities, and retail and manufacturing companies. Barbara held various positions with KPMG during her 10-year tenure and resigned her position as senior manager to enter the private arena. She then joined Oceanic Fund Services Limited in 2003 as a senior fund accountant. Shortly thereafter she was promoted to supervisor/team Leader and she performed accounting activities and reviewed the work of accountants and administrators. In 2007, she became a manager of Premier.
An assiduous and industrious worker, Barbara manages a team of 6 individuals, including accountants and fund administrators and supervises and performs the calculation of monthly net asset values for funds under administration.
Rawiya Hanna - Legal and Compliance Officer
Juris Doctorate, CLE, Member-Bahamian Bar Association, Member-Florida Bar Association
Our legal and compliance officer is Rawiya Hanna. Rawiya also serves as our money laundering reporting officer and is the secretary of Premier. It is her primary responsibility to ensure that Premier at all times is in full compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Rawiya attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the University of Maryland School of Law. An attorney by profession, Rawiya was admitted to the Florida Bar in May of 2000 and was subsequently admitted to The Bahamas Bar as counsel and attorney-at-law in April 2001. After admission to The Bahamas Bar, Rawiya immediately took up employment as an associate with the law firm of Arthur D. Hanna & Co, where she became a formidable and highly competent advocate and practiced law until 2005. In 2005, Rawiya took up employment with Oceanic Fund Services Limited as legal and compliance officer and eventually the money laundering reporting officer. She held this position until 2007, when she commenced employment with Premier.
Rawiya has a plethora of experience and knowledge in many aspects of the law including: anti-money laundering issues, financial industry legislation, criminal, civil and commercial litigation in the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court, the Industrial Tribunal, the Police Disciplinary tribunal and Magistrates Court; industrial dispute resolution; contract disputes; registration and enforcement of trademarks and copyrights in addition to a host of other legal issues.