LewisLevy Consulting

Wide-ranging expertise,
singular focus.

LewisLevy Consulting consists of trusted professionals who bring over 40 years of comprehensive expertise to every aspect of financial management.

Kwame Lewis

O’Neil Levy

Co-Founder

Kwame Lewis (CFA, CPA, FCCA) has nearly two decades of experience in financial services focused on investment management. Kwame is seen as a leader within the private equity industry and has built an extensive network of PE/VC industry relationships and is seen as a resource within the private equity community including speaking on panels on various topics regarding running the back-office function at a private equity firm, and was a member of two PE CFO advisory boards. Kwame was the Head of Product Innovation, Fund Services NA at TMF Group, a fund administrator and Chief Financial Officer of ACON Investments, a $7 billion AUM private equity firm with strategies in the US, Latin America and Europe. Prior to joining ACON, Kwame was a senior manager at PwC leading its Alternative Investments Practice in Washington D.C. Kwame has significant experience within the private equity industry and private equity fund-of-funds and endowments, including exposure to many accounting, operational and reporting issues involving investment securities. Kwame is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts, New York and Virginia. He is also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants which is based in the United Kingdom. Kwame is a CFA® charter holder.

Co-Founder

O’Neil Levy (CFA, FCCA) has a wealth of experience with private equity finance operations with responsibility for non-investment functions including deal financing, treasury management, investor activities and managing vendor relationships including auditors, tax providers, lawyers and bankers. O’Neil A Levy has significant experience in financial services with a focus on asset management. O’Neil has advised multiple alternative asset managers i.e., private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, funds of funds, credit funds, and regulated investment companies (domestic and foreign) on issues impacting the advisor’s corporate entities, fund structuring, regulatory and compliance matters and general operations of funds and underlying investee entities. O’Neil also has private equity finance operating experience with responsibility for non-investment functions including deal financing, treasury management, investor activities and managing vendor relationships including auditors, lawyers and bankers. He was a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Boston MA, and Stamford CT, offices where he had numerous leadership roles in the Alternative Investment Practice including co-authoring thought leadership/industry guidance around investment valuation, internal controls, financial reporting, accounting for complex investments and interpretation of numerous authoritative accounting standards. O’Neil is a member of the Massachusetts Society of CPAs, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants which is based in the United Kingdom. O’Neil is a CFA® charter holder.

Ryland Randall

Nicholas Williams

Manager

Ryland Randall is an accomplished, customer focused accounting and operations professional with 15 years of industry experience. This experience includes working on hedge funds, mutual funds, private equity and real estate funds. As a manager and supervisor working for various fund service providers, he is trained to be a key contact for multiple client relationships in a fast-paced environment. A core responsibility is working with auditors during the annual audit to ensure timely clearance. Ryland is comfortable researching complex accounting issues and leading a team in the preparation of financial statements (US GAAP, IFRS, FRS 102). He also has experience preparing and reviewing capital calls and distributions including carried interest calculations, equalization, and series accounting. Prior to LewisLevy, Ryland worked at TMF Group Fund Services (Jersey) Limited as an Accounting Manager. Prior to that he worked at IFS, Citco and a boutique asset management firm in Canada in a number of fund accounting roles. Ryland has a Certificate in Accounting from Athabasca University and a Certificate from the Canadian Securities Course.

Manager

Nicholas Williams is an accomplished financial services professional with a demonstrated history of working in the accounting industry for the past 13 years. This experience includes strong professional skills in auditing (internal & external), accounting, financial analysis, and accounting systems implementation and testing. Nick has worked on many accounting projects across diverse industries focused on complex accounting issues and process improvements, which drove efficiencies, and was instrumental in identifying and resolving many issues in a timeline that exceeded the client’s expectations. Before LewisLevy, Nick worked at TMF Group as a manager in the CFO Services practice. Prior to this, he worked at The Siegfried Group on a wide range of accounting projects with public and private multinational corporations and government entities. Prior to that, he worked at PwC in external audit in the Washington DC office. Nick holds a Bachelor’s in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, and Business from the State University of New York and an MBA in Business and Administration and Project Management from Morgan State University.