CLAUDENE LOFTERS CPA, CMA, CFSA

Claudene Lofters is a strategy-led financial executive with over two decades of experience spanning Big 4 advisory, corporate C-suite leadership, and enterprise risk management across the Caribbean. Holding multiple professional designations—including Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA)—she anchors Ascend Fiduciary’s mandate for rigorous financial stewardship and operational precision.

Her institutional track record includes serving as a Consulting Director at a leading Big 4 firm, where she engineered complex strategic and financial solutions for major regional public and private entities, and operating as a Finance Director (CFO) within a diversified corporate conglomerate.

Crucially for the corporate trust sector, her foundational tenure in internal audit at a Tier-1 commercial bank and financial planning within a major regional financial services group provides the specialised technical acumen required to calculate complex debt amortisations, enforce institutional financial covenants, and oversee structured payment waterfalls. This executive financial capability is further reinforced by her proven board-level governance experience, having served as Chair of the Audit & Finance Committee for a prominent national statutory institution, ensuring Ascend operates with absolute regulatory alignment and independent oversight.

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, USA
• Certified Management Accountant (CMA) – Institute of Management Accountants, USA
• Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) – Institute of Internal Auditors, USA
• Change Management Specialist (CMS) – Management and Strategy Institute, USA
• BSc. Management Studies and Accounting – The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica