Beacon Hill Fund Services has added three employees, bringing its staff count to 13. Jeanne Booth, Steve Hoffman, and Robin Baxter have all joined the firm in the last two months.

Booth supports the chief compliance officer and chief financial officer. She came from Citi, and her career includes management and client-servicing positions with global fund servicing organizations, public and private accounting firms, and industry-specific business management and consulting companies.

Hoffman works in the principal underwriter and distribution services area of Beacon Hill. He previously worked for another financial services firm.

Baxter leads Beacon Hill's governance and regulatory oversight services business. She comes from the law firm Squire, Sanders and Dempsey. She reports directly to Scott Englehart, Beacon Hill founder and president.

In an interview with The MFWire, Englehart said the firm, a subsidiary of publicly traded investment manager Diamond Hill Investment Group, plans on adding more staff.

"As our business grows, we'll keep adding people. There's a large pool of talent in Columbus, Ohio," Englehart told The MFWire.

Company Press Release COLUMBUS, OH--(Marketwire - October 15, 2009) - Beacon Hill Fund Services, Inc. announced today that three experienced industry veterans have joined the company to add strength and expertise across all of its services areas. Jeanne M. Booth, Steve E. Hoffman, and Robin M. Baxter have joined Beacon Hill within the past sixty days. These three additions to the Beacon Hill staff all represent an average of twenty years of experience in the investment management and financial services industries.

Jeanne M. Booth brings extensive skills and experience to Beacon Hill across a number of businesses and services offered by Beacon Hill. Jeanne has over twenty-five years of experience in the areas of fund accounting, financial reporting and administration, tax and compliance. Her career includes management and client-servicing roles with global fund servicing organizations, public and private accounting firms, and industry-specific business management and consulting companies. She will add strength and depth to the Beacon Hill team in the areas of Treasurer/Principal Financial Officer Services, Chief Compliance Officer Services, Governance and Regulatory Oversight Services, and Consulting and Business Management Services. Jeanne has the Certified Public Accountant designation.

Steve E. Hoffman brings over twenty years of corporate finance and financial operations experience to Beacon Hill. Steve's background includes financial due diligence, management of regulatory finance operations covering filings, audits, and oversight of a business line of sixteen special-purpose broker/dealers which distributed registered fund products. Steve will work in the Principal Underwriter and Distribution Services area of Beacon Hill. Steve has the Certified Public Accountant designation.

Robin M. Baxter brings over fifteen years of experience to Beacon Hill in the areas of Legal and Regulatory Governance. Robin's expertise includes drafting securities prospectuses and other offering statements, planning and implementing investment company board meetings, coordinating and managing shareholder proxy solicitations, and drafting, reviewing and maintaining corporate minutes. Robin will oversee the Governance and Regulatory Oversight Services business at Beacon Hill.

"We are delighted to have been able to attract the level of experience to Beacon Hill that Jeanne, Steve and Robin represent," said Scott A. Englehart, President of Beacon Hill Fund Services, Inc. "It is essential that we continue to attract not only specific product knowledge to our company, but also the broad-based industry expertise that Jeanne, Steve, and Robin bring to our team." The addition of these three industry veterans brings the Beacon Hill personnel to a total of twelve and positions the company well for increased market opportunities.

Beacon Hill is a provider of independent, proactive and transparent management and support services to the investment management industry and its regulated investment company products. It specializes in serving as the Principal Underwriter and Distributor; providing experienced industry personnel to serve as Fund Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Financial Officer (CFO/Treasurer); and business management, compliance, and regulatory oversight for regulated investment company products.

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