Scott Essex is co-founder and managing partner of Five Eleven Partners, a multi-family office serving UHNW families. He directs the firm's operations and its alternative investments platform. Scott was elected to the board of directors of the Teagle Foundation in 2018. Before co-founding Five Eleven Partners, he was a partner and co-head of global private debt at Partners Group. There, Scott led and managed the firm’s direct lending and fund investment businesses. He served on the firm's Global Executive Board, Global Investment Committee, and chaired the Debt Investment Committee. Prior to joining Partners Group, Scott worked at GE Capital in the media, communications, and entertainment finance group and at Lazard in London, where he specialized in M&A and restructuring advisory. Currently, Scott is an external member of the BlueEarth Capital Investment Committee and serves on the board of directors of CapitalSpring Finance Company. Scott earned an MBA with distinction from Georgetown University and a BS in business administration from the University of Vermont.