Deidre E. Walsh

About Deidre E. Walsh

Deidre E. Walsh (year of birth: 1971) serves as Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust (EVF). She has been an officer of the Fund since 2021 and is also Vice President of Eaton Vance Management and Boston Management and Research (BMR), as well as Vice President of Calvert Research and Management (CRM), serving as an officer across a large suite of registered investment companies within the Eaton Vance/Morgan Stanley complex . Officers of the Fund hold indefinite terms of office; as of 2025, trustees and executive officers of the Fund, individually and as a group, owned beneficially less than 1% of the outstanding Fund shares .

Past Roles

External Roles

Fixed Compensation

• EVF’s proxy discloses remuneration for noninterested Trustees (retainers and committee fees), but does not report officer-level compensation amounts. Walsh is listed as an officer (Vice President and Chief Legal Officer) without compensation details in the Fund proxy .
• Officers are employees/affiliates of Eaton Vance and, due to their positions and Morgan Stanley stock ownership, “will benefit” from advisory/admin fees paid by the Fund to Eaton Vance; compensation is not itemized in EVF proxy materials .

Performance Compensation

• No disclosure of officer performance-based incentive structures (bonuses, RSUs/PSUs, option awards, performance metrics, vesting schedules) for Fund officers in EVF proxy materials; only Trustee compensation framework is disclosed .

Equity Ownership & Alignment

• As of July 29, 2025, Trustees and executive officers of the Fund, individually and as a group, owned beneficially less than 1% of outstanding Common Shares and Auction Preferred Shares; individual officer holdings (including Walsh) are not broken out .
• Trustee share ownership is disclosed by dollar ranges, but officer share ownership is not itemized in the proxy .

Employment Terms

Multi‑Year Officer Scope (Eaton Vance/BMR and CRM)

Compensation Structure vs Performance Metrics

• EVF proxies do not present officer pay components (base salary, target bonus, actual bonus) nor the performance metrics tied to officer compensation (TSR, revenue/EBITDA growth, ESG goals). Only Trustee remuneration framework is disclosed; therefore pay-for-performance analysis at the officer level is not possible from EVF proxy materials .

Vesting Schedules and Insider Selling Pressure

• No RSU/PSU/option award grants, vesting schedules, or officer Section 16 trading disclosures are presented for Fund officers in EVF proxy materials; insider selling pressure cannot be assessed from these documents .

Equity Ownership Alignment and Pledging

• The proxy indicates trustees and executive officers as a group own less than 1% of Fund shares; it does not disclose officer-level pledging or hedging policies for Fund officers .

Employment Contracts, Severance, and Change‑of‑Control

• EVF proxy lists officers and their indefinite terms but does not disclose officer employment contracts, severance multiples, change-of-control triggers, accelerated vesting, clawbacks, or tax gross-ups for Fund officers .

Performance & Track Record

• EVF proxy materials do not present officer-specific performance track records or Fund TSR attribution to officers. EVF board governance, audit, and committee structures are disclosed, but not officer performance metrics .

Board Governance (Context)

• Walsh is a Fund officer, not a Trustee; committee memberships and meeting data pertain to Trustees (all noninterested). Audit, Governance, Portfolio Management, Compliance, Contract Review, and Closed‑End Fund committees are composed of Trustees; officer committee roles are not disclosed .

Related Party Transactions and Risk Indicators

• No officer-specific related party transactions (for Walsh) are disclosed. Proxy includes auditor fees, independence, and board oversight narratives but no officer legal proceedings or investigations .

Say‑on‑Pay and Shareholder Feedback

• EVF proxy does not include officer say‑on‑pay items; trustee compensation is set by Board schedule. Shareholder proposal mechanics and timelines are disclosed without officer compensation votes .

Expertise & Qualifications

• Officer entries do not include formal education or certifications for Walsh; disclosed attributes are role titles, affiliations (Eaton Vance, BMR, CRM), officer since year, and scope of funds overseen .

Work History & Career Trajectory

• Prior employment history for Walsh beyond current affiliations is not provided in EVF proxy materials; only current roles and scope across funds are disclosed .

Compensation Committee Analysis

• Compensation oversight pertains to Trustee compensation and Fund committee structures; no compensation committee details for officer pay are included. Governance Committee covers Board structure and Trustee selection/compensation; officers are not covered in that framework .

Investment Implications

• Lack of officer compensation disclosure (cash/equity mix, performance metrics, vesting) limits pay-for-performance assessment and signals on alignment or selling pressure; officer compensation is outside the Fund proxy and embedded within Eaton Vance/Morgan Stanley employment arrangements . Group beneficial ownership is de minimis (<1%), suggesting limited direct equity alignment at the Fund officer level; no pledging/hedging disclosures are provided . Walsh’s legal leadership spans a large number of registered investment companies across Eaton Vance/BMR and CRM, indicating broad governance continuity, but without disclosed contract terms or incentives, retention and trading signal analysis is constrained to monitoring future Section 16 filings or any Item 5.02 updates not present in recent EVF filings .