Andrew Kandiew, CPA, Senior Managing Director and Head of Operational Due Diligence, joined K2 Advisors in October 2007. He is a member of the firm's Executive Committee, Investment Committee and Operating Committee. Prior to K2 Mr. Kandiew was with Commonfund Group where he worked as Treasurer & CAO for two years and as Managing Director in the Risk Management Department for five years. Prior to the Commonfund Group, Mr. Kandiew worked as Senior Auditor and then Senior Tax Accountant at Coopers & Lybrand in Stamford; at M.D. Sass Investors Services, Inc. in New York as Controller; at Vantage Global Advisors, Inc. in New York as the CFO; and then as the CFO and COO at Clariden Ass