Danielle Pienaar

Independent Director and Advisor
Verdant Management
Founder
Women in Blockchain Cayman Islands

Danielle Pienaar is an independent director based in the Cayman Islands, providing corporate governance, fund governance, and board advisory services. As the first specialist female digital asset director in the Cayman Islands, she serves on boards of hedge funds, mutual funds, private equity funds, foundation companies, and regulated and unregulated structures in multiple jurisdictions — including the world's first Cayman Islands-registered tokenized mutual fund. At Verdant Management, she offers institutional-grade independent director, non-executive director, fund governance and advisory services, bridging traditional capital markets with emerging asset classes across the Cayman Islands and BVI, with a decade of offshore financial services experience in fund governance, compliance, and regulatory reporting. A CA(SA) and CIMA Registered Director, Danielle is recognized across the Cayman Islands financial services industry for her board of directors and governance work, and is a regular speaker at international conferences including Consensus events, the Blockchain Futurist Conference, and Cayman Crypto Week. She is also the Founder of Women in Blockchain Cayman Islands, a Steering Committee member of the Blockchain Association of the Cayman Islands, and a SheFi Chapter Lead for Cayman.