Our People

The team at TillieStar knows what it is like to be in your shoes. Investment compliance is serious business, and the stakes are high. Our accomplished team includes some of the most experienced people in the industry. With deep expertise in investment compliance, software consulting, and fintech workflows, they have worked with leading vendors, asset managers, and consultancies. Not only do we get the job done on time and on budget, we also care, and our team is always on your side.

Executive Team

Joy Langdon

President

Greg Tessier

Director of Accounting and Administration

Ian McCarthy

Managing Director

Our Consultants

The TillieStar consulting team is comprised of individuals with extensive experience. Each team member has a significant number of years of experience in investment compliance. The profiles of our experts are outlined below.

Director:

Possesses 15/20+ years of professional experience with extensive industry and subject matter expertise. Assumes ultimate responsibility for the delivery and quality of activities completed in line with project objectives. Responsible for presenting findings to senior management and for managing the overall relationship. Serves as an escalation point for our clients.

Senior Consultant:

Possesses 10/15+ years of professional experience and is a subject matter expert. Takes responsibility for day to day deliverables and issues. Responsible for task assignment in addition to also taking an active role in the completion of those tasks as required by project deliverables. Monitors and reports on project progress both internally and externally. Serves as a contact point for clients on a daily basis and takes the lead in drafting reports and any other output as required by the client.

Consultant

Possesses 8/10+ years of professional experience and is a subject matter expert. Responsible for completing the tasks assigned by the Senior Consultant and for ensuring tasks are completed in line with communicated deadlines. Escalates issues to the Senior Consultant as necessary.

President

Joy has approximately twenty years of experience in financial services with a background in investment compliance, investment compliance technology, transfer agent technology, system migration, and banking. She has experience in 1940 Act funds, Canadian NI 81-102 funds, UCITS, private funds, institutional accounts, and SMA’s. Joy graduated from Emmanuel College with a degree in Business Administration, and has held a Series 6, 63, 7, and 24. Her U5 is in good standing.

Director of Accounting and Administration

Greg manages everything related to accounting and administration. He is a CPA with a background in public accounting and private industry. Outside of work, you are likely to find him at a concert (remember those?), skiing, or on the golf course.

Managing Director

Ian has approximately 20 years experience in a variety of compliance and depositary/trustee positions in Europe and the US. An Irish native, Ian has a BComm from University College Cork in Commerce and French, a diploma in Law from the Dublin Business School and became Scrum Master Certified (SMC®) in January 2020.
Ian has in-depth knowledge of both UCITS and AIFMD but has also had exposure to other regulatory regimes such as MiFID/MiFID 2 in Europe and the 1940 Act in the US.