Scott Essex is an advisory partner at Partners Group, a global private markets investment manager. He also works with BlueEarth Capital, an independent global impact investment firm, serving as Chairman of the credit investment committee. Scott was elected to the Board of Directors of the Teagle Foundation in 2018. He was previously co-head of the private debt business unit at Partners Group. He was a member of the Global Investment Committee, the chairman of the Private Debt Investment Committee and member of the firm’s Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2007. Prior to joining Partners Group, Scott worked at GE Capital in New York and with Lazard Ltd. in London. He has a B.S. in business administration from the University of Vermont and Master's in Business Administration with distinction from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.