Keith Quinton

About Keith Quinton

Keith Quinton (year of birth 1958) is a noninterested Trustee of Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust (EVF), serving since 2018 and currently a Class II Trustee with a term expiring in 2027. He is a private investor, researcher, and lecturer with 30+ years of investment industry experience; he retired from Fidelity Investments where he served as a portfolio manager and senior quantitative analyst (2001–2014). He holds an AB in Russian from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School; he was a CFA charterholder during his professional investment career .

Past Roles

External Roles

Board Governance

• Independence: Quinton is a “noninterested Trustee” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 .
• Tenure and class: Trustee since 2018; Class II term through the 2027 annual meeting .
• Committee assignments (FY ended June 30, 2025):
  • Audit Committee (member; Audit Committee financial experts are designated as Gorman and Wennerholm, not Quinton) .
  • Contract Review Committee (member) .
  • Compliance Reports & Regulatory Matters Committee (member) .
  • Closed-End Fund Committee (Chairperson) .
  • Governance Committee (member) .
• Meeting cadence and attendance (FY ended June 30, 2025):
  • Board met 10 times; Audit 10; Contract Review 5; Governance 6; Portfolio Management 7; Compliance 8; Closed-End Fund Committee 4 (predecessor ad hoc met 5 times) .
  • Each Trustee attended at least 75% of Board and Committee meetings; none attended the Fund’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders .
• Retirement policy: Requires retirement at the earlier of July 1 following age 76 or December 31 of the 20th year of service, subject to SEC compliance constraints .

Fixed Compensation

Director pay is cash-based with committee-related retainers. EVF pays a pro rata share based on EVF’s average net assets relative to the Eaton Vance fund complex; Quinton also receives aggregate compensation across the fund complex .

Director compensation reported:

• Total compensation from EVF Fund (pro rata):
  • FY ended June 30, 2024: $1,044 .
  • FY ended June 30, 2025: $1,065 .
• Total compensation from Fund Complex:
  • Calendar 2023: $407,500 .
  • Calendar 2024: $420,000 .

Deferred Compensation Plan: Eligible Trustees may defer annual fees, investing deferred amounts in shares of Eaton Vance funds; payouts track fund performance. EVF does not have a pension plan for Trustees .

Performance Compensation

No performance-based or equity-linked director compensation elements are disclosed (no RSUs/PSUs/options, performance metrics, or vesting schedules). Compensation consists of cash retainers and committee fees; a deferred compensation plan is available but is elective and tracks chosen funds’ returns rather than EVF-specific performance targets .

Other Directorships & Interlocks

No current public company directorships or disclosed interlocks with EVF’s key counterparties for Quinton in the proxies .

Expertise & Qualifications

• 30+ years of investment industry experience across leading asset managers, with deep quantitative equity and portfolio management background .
• Chairperson of the Closed-End Fund Committee, contributing fund-structure and market oversight expertise (secondary trading, capital structure, distribution policies) .
• Educational credentials: Dartmouth AB (Russian); Dartmouth Tuck MBA; prior CFA charterholder .

Equity Ownership

Ownership guidelines, pledging, hedging restrictions, or % of shares outstanding for Quinton are not disclosed in the proxies .

Governance Assessment

• Strengths

  • Independent director with significant quantitative and portfolio management expertise; chairs the Closed-End Fund Committee, directly tied to closed-end fund market dynamics and capital structure oversight .
  • Multi-committee engagement (Audit, Contract Review, Compliance, Governance), indicating broad oversight participation; Board and committees met frequently in FY 2025; Quinton met at least the 75% attendance threshold .
  • Compensation is structured as cash and committee retainers; no equity awards or performance-linked director pay—reduces risk of misaligned incentives or short-termism .

• Watch items

  • Trustees, as a group, own less than 1% of outstanding shares; Quinton’s EVF ownership is in the $10,001–$50,000 range (dollar value not convertible to % from disclosures), which may be viewed as modest alignment relative to fund size .
  • None of the Trustees attended the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; while common in fund complexes, some investors view meeting attendance as an engagement signal .

• Conflicts and related-party exposure

  • No related-party transactions or conflicts involving Quinton are disclosed; Contract Review Committee membership is a mitigating structure for adviser/service-provider conflicts .
  • Section 16 compliance: no delinquent filings flagged for Quinton; a late Form 3 was noted for another Trustee (Bowser) in the prior year, not involving Quinton .

• Succession/tenure

  • Retirement framework provides clarity: retirement at July 1 following age 76 or end of 20th service year, whichever is earlier, subject to SEC compliance constraints .

Overall, Quinton presents as an experienced, independent director with strong committee leadership in closed-end fund oversight, broad committee participation, and consistent attendance; alignment through EVF share ownership is present but limited by the group’s overall low ownership percentage and the absence of director equity awards .