Kip Meadows is the founder of Nottingham, a fund administration firm that provides structural and operational solutions for mutual funds, private funds, and other pooled investment vehicles including, foundations, endowments, and government investment pools. Within the EOS system, Kip is Nottingham's lead visionary and principal consultant. Kip spent a post-graduate year at Haileybury College in Hertfordshire, England before graduating from Duke University with an A.B. in Economics. Kip co-founded Insured Benefit Design in Raleigh, NC in 1983, focusing on qualified and nonqualified insurance structures. In 1985, he joined Robinson Humphrey because of their industry-leading investment management consulting practice. Two years later, he joined Raymond James as the youngest principal of an OSJ in the RJ system. Shortly thereafter, Kip repurposed the Nottingham Company when he became interested in the need investment advisors expressed for an efficient way to pool separately managed accounts. Nottingham has focused on the various structures available for pooling investment assets since that time. Kip has been active as a volunteer for Duke, serving as chairman of the Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee in Eastern North Carolina for 22 years, board member of the Alumni Association, and an active Iron Duke and frequent writer of letters for deserving undergraduate applicants.