Barry Ipp

Barry Ipp has years of direct experience in evaluating back office, operations, technology, and compliance programs as part of his extensive 20+ operational due diligence ("ODD") background and over 25+ years of asset management and audit experience. Mr. Ipp served for 2 years as CCO for a Fund of Hedge Funds and, after the acquisition, successfully integrated the compliance program into the new acquiring asset management Firm.

In 2019, Mr. Ipp founded Carson Advisory LLC, an outsourced investment operations, compliance, and operational due diligence risk consulting services firm. In addition, he served as outsourced Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for a private credit advisor in NY. Prior to launching Carson Advisory, Barry was Director of Operational and ESG Diligence at Fiera Capital Inc. from 2016 to 2019 where he was solely responsible for performing operational due diligences on private managers and was a voting member of multiple investment committees. Prior to Fiera Capital, Mr. Ipp was Partner, Head of ODD at Larch Lane Advisors from 2007 to 2016 as well as its Chief Compliance Officer from 2014 to 2016. Prior to Larch Lane, Barry was Manager, Fraud Risk and Controls at PwC where he conducted investigations in every major segment of the Investment Management Industry from institutional, retail and bank advised funds, to domestic and offshore hedge funds, private equity, and other alternative asset vehicles.

Mr. Ipp holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Bachelor of Science in Finance both from the University of Rhode Island and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in New York and a Certified Fraud Examiner.