Deidre Walsh
About Deidre Walsh
Deidre E. Walsh (born 1971) serves as Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund (EOI) and has held officer roles across the Eaton Vance fund complex since 2021. She is also a Vice President of Eaton Vance and Boston Management and Research (BMR), and Vice President of Calvert Research Management (CRM), serving as an officer across 123 Eaton Vance registered investment companies and 45 CRM-advised or administered funds; she is additionally named as agent for service on EOI filings . Fund documents do not disclose executive-specific performance metrics (e.g., TSR, revenue or EBITDA growth) tied to her role; filings focus on trustee oversight and fund-level operations .
Past Roles
| Organization | Role | Years | Strategic Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund (EOI) | Vice President & Chief Legal Officer | 2021–present | Fund officer responsible for legal oversight; signs certain SEC filings |
| Eaton Vance Management | Vice President | 2021–present | Legal leadership across the Eaton Vance fund complex; officers benefit indirectly via affiliation with adviser |
| Boston Management and Research (BMR) | Vice President | 2021–present | Legal and fund governance responsibilities across registered investment companies |
| Calvert Research Management (CRM) | Vice President | 2021–present | Officer for 45 registered investment companies advised or administered by CRM |
External Roles
No external public-company directorships or committee roles for Ms. Walsh are disclosed in EOI’s proxy or the other EOI filings reviewed .
Fixed Compensation
- The Fund’s proxy details trustee compensation schedules but does not disclose salaries, bonuses, equity awards, options, or perquisites for fund officers; officers are affiliated with Eaton Vance and may benefit indirectly via their positions and Morgan Stanley stock ownership, but specific pay terms are not provided by the Fund .
- Audit Committee Charter highlights that Independent Trustees/committee members do not receive compensation from the Fund other than Board/committee service, reinforcing that compensation disclosure focuses on trustees rather than officers .
Performance Compensation
- No disclosures of performance-based metrics (e.g., revenue growth, EBITDA, TSR percentile) tied to Ms. Walsh’s compensation, nor any PSU/RSU/option vesting schedules or payout curves in Fund documents .
Equity Ownership & Alignment
| Metric | Apr 29, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Beneficial ownership by Trustees and executive officers (as a group) (% of outstanding Common Shares) | Less than 1% |
- Individual officer holdings, pledging, hedging, and compliance with any stock ownership guidelines are not disclosed for Ms. Walsh in Fund documents .
- Trustee share ownership is limited; as of Apr 29, 2025, only one trustee (Quinton) held EOI shares in a disclosed dollar range; no other trustee held shares, which underscores low insider ownership at the Fund level .
Employment Terms
| Term | Detail |
|---|---|
| Officer since | 2021 |
| Titles | Vice President & Chief Legal Officer (EOI); Vice President of Eaton Vance, BMR, and CRM |
| Term length | Indefinite (Fund officers hold indefinite terms of office) |
| Business address | One Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109 |
| Non-compete / Non-solicit | Not disclosed in Fund documents |
| Severance / Change-of-control | Not disclosed in Fund documents; no single/double-trigger economics or accelerated vesting terms presented |
| Clawback provisions | Not disclosed for officer compensation; proxy focuses on Audit/Governance structures rather than executive pay clawbacks |
Additional Context and Governance
- Ms. Walsh is identified as agent for service on Form N‑PX; her legal role spans filings and governance across the fund complex .
- She signed an Item 8.01 8‑K on behalf of EOI as Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, evidencing her execution responsibilities for Fund disclosures .
- Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports: Based on filings reviewed by the Fund, trustees and officers complied with ownership reporting requirements (no delinquent reports noted) .
Investment Implications
- Compensation alignment: EOI does not disclose officer compensation; officers are affiliated with the adviser and not directly compensated by the Fund, limiting visibility into pay-for-performance levers or vesting pressure tied to EOI’s share price .
- Insider selling pressure: With group beneficial ownership under 1% and no officer-specific grant or vesting schedules disclosed, insider-driven trading signals (e.g., forced selling at vest dates, option exercises) are weak for EOI .
- Retention risk: Officers hold indefinite terms and operate across a broad universe of Eaton Vance/CRM funds; there are no disclosed employment contracts, severance, or change-of-control protections at the Fund level, suggesting low Fund-specific retention risk but limited ability to assess adviser-level terms .
- Governance: Strong trustee oversight and active committees are disclosed; however, executive incentive design, clawbacks, and ownership policies for officers are outside the Fund’s disclosures—investors should not expect EOI-specific executive compensation catalysts or governance-linked trading signals tied to Ms. Walsh .