Why choose the worldwide leader?

Upgrade to the Most Complete Fund Governance Platform

Choosing ES allows you to aim high and take advantage of a truly successful, full-service professional firm with the most fund directors, the most experience, the most advanced governance technology, and the most infrastructure resources – all in one place – with no hassles or limited options. Our platform of professional independent directors offers broad, deep and diverse talent options for you to build the most effective governance solution. We invite you to explore how the most intelligent managers and investors worldwide are currently leveraging ES capabilities to provide high-quality fund governance to their investment fund structures, through a myriad of roles including, but not limited to:

• Independent Professional Directors
• Managing Members
• General Partners
• Trustees
• Advisory Committee Members
• Independent Fund Representatives

Access our Global Relationships

ES represents the most funds and the most investors in fund governance. After more than 20 years working closely with them, we maintain highly valued relationships with a wide variety of investors globally, including many of the world’s leading investors, seeking to allocate capital to attractive funds. We are continuously having conversations with investors across our global investor network, providing leads on opportunities to invest in promising funds. We would welcome the opportunity to include your fund in these conversations.

Enhance your Credibility and Reputation

The selection of your independent director should be made in the same way as any professional service provider to your fund; based on talent, competence, experience and track record. Hire the most successful firm that you can afford as success begets success. Since its founding in 2000, ES has been stress tested throughout several periods of extreme market crisis and has performed flawlessly. We are proud that ES and its fund directors have never been the subject of any legal or regulatory judgments, investigations, censures or disciplines in our entire history.

ES has received extensive media coverage from leading publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times and hedge fund publications including Hedgeweek, where we have been consistently ranked as the Best Offshore Regulatory Advisory Firm – number one for the last five years. Most notably, ES is consistently recommended by leading investors and service providers worldwide, and selected by leading managers for our outstanding reputation and exceptional service.

By any credible measure, ES is the undisputed leader in fund governance and the benchmark against which all others are compared.

Avoid Conflicts of Interest

Conflicts are serious matters and many are not foreseen until they arise. Regulators worldwide have a zero tolerance approach to conflicts that could prove very costly to your fund if strict compliance is not maintained. To avoid conflicts, ES maintains complete independence from legal counsel and the other service providers to the fund – no gimmicks – our interests are fully aligned with your fund and its investors. ES maintains true independence in accordance with SEC and other global regulatory standards.

Gain Deep Visibility through our Governance, Risk, and Compliance Technology

ES size is a major advantage to the funds that we serve, giving you deep visibility and learning into governance, risk, and compliance benchmarking practices worldwide to stay abreast of industry trends. Controlling, auditing and managing governance, risk and compliance functions are enormous challenges and no single mind of any independent director can fully comprehend the full range of risks inherent in operating a modern hedge fund.

At EA, these capabilities come built into our platform to help you simplify meeting even your most stringent governance, risk and compliance requirements. Through our secure client portal, managers and investors can access ES Governance Transparency reports on-demand to gain real-time visibility into exactly what oversight work the directors are performing for your fund, in an easy-to-analyze format that eliminates guesswork. This unique reporting feature is an industry-first, only available at EA.

Data security and protection is also critical in today’s cyber environment. All ES client funds benefit from robust data architecture to safeguard and satisfy the requirements of the most security-sensitive managers and investors.

Access our Global Infrastructure of Fund Resources

ES is able to provide you with more than just an independent fund director, including a quality team of hedge fund professionals to support the speed and agility of your team. Leverage our extensive resources and sharp industry IQ to support you in your journey and help you advance your business across the world. You won’t outwork us.

ES serves multiple jurisdictions worldwide. Each ES fund director acts independently and is supported by a set of ES resources within the same zone to achieve the greatest possible availability and consistent service quality.

We are steadily expanding our global infrastructure to help our client funds succeed and we pledge to keep pace with your growth. As your business grows, ES will continue invest in the highest quality people and technology to support your fund governance, risk and compliance requirements.

Manage your Costs

ES understands that small clients become big clients so we aim to give you more value for your money. ES is able to make premium independent director services more affordable for you by leveraging the financial benefits of our economies of scale. Our scale gives you flexible and multiple options to utilize our services according to your requirements, including tiered pricing that adapts to your growth so you don’t need to settle for less and can afford the highest quality governance from the outset. Our goal is to help you grow and succeed.