Paula Mcclelland Email and Phone Number

• Experienced and relationship focused financial service professional with 16.5 years of fund operations/ accounting and 20 years of client servicing and investor relations.• Integral team member of a start up business and investment strategy that grew from $18MM to over $4B in assets under management.• Works as liaison between internal and external business partners- compliance, legal counsel, distribution partners, fund accounting, corporate accounting, middle office, marketing, sales, prime brokers, fund administrator and portfolio team.• Extensive experience in fund operations for both mature and newly launch private investment and private equity partnerships. • Proposed and implemented change in fund administrations services for private partnerships. • Extensive experience in collaborating with legal counsel to re-write/ updated Private Placement Offering Memorandum and Limited Partnership Agreement. • Extensive experience in reviewing month end financial reports, investor progressions/allocation and coordinate year-end audit for Partnerships.• Extensive experience in on boarding and performance reporting for institutional separately management accounts invested in long/short total return swaps.• Led the operational notification and integration of spin off from Telemus to newly formed Investment Advisor. Also, assisted in set up of Investment Advisor which was later acquired by Salient Partners, L.P. and was renamed to Salient Capital Advisor, LLC effective January 1, 2011.• Strong team player who works easily with diverse skill sets and personalities.• Proven track record for exceeding expectations by managing several tasks, and priorities while working smart, efficiently, and with the attitude of getting it done right!