Family Office HR

Managing domestic staff or family office employees requires a thoughtful balance of structure, sensitivity, and legal compliance. I bring corporate HR and legal principles into the private sphere, providing advisory and execution that protect principals from risk while ensuring the people side is handled with care and confidence.

My model is deliberately flexible. Rowan Advisory is available on a fractional basis for principals who need senior HR or organizational guidance without the onus of a full-time role.

Services:

• Compliance & risk mitigation: Ensuring employment practices are legally sound in the unique domestic/family office context, protecting UHNW principals and their households.

• Acquiring and onboarding trusted staff: Discreetly sourcing, vetting, and integrating employees into sensitive environments.

• Total rewards design: Building compensation, payroll, and benefits frameworks that are competitive, sustainable, and tailored to family office needs.

• Performance management & employee relations: Addressing issues proactively, with expertise in domestic employment law to minimize risk.

• Career architecture, succession planning & role design: Creating clarity in roles and career paths to support long-term stability.

• Family office startup support: Establishing staff structures, policies, and systems from the ground up to set the right foundation.

Experience:

I’ve partnered with principals to shape family office and household teams, design compelling total rewards frameworks, and acquire the right talent to uphold their standards. I put in place the systems and SOPs that keep every facet of life running seamlessly. Having begun my career as a personal assistant, I understand each role within a household intimately.

I also lead a talent acquisition team and serve as an HR Business Partner at a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, advising senior executives on enterprise-wide people strategy. This dual background gives me a rare lens: corporate rigor paired with the finesse required in private family offices.