Dorota Kowalski

Dorota Kowalski is a senior fund administration leader with 27+ years of experience spanning public accounting, in-house fund operations, and global fund administration. She is currently a Senior Director at Juniper Square, where she was one of the founding members of the firm’s fund administration business, helping design the operational model, build the global accounting organization, and scale the platform to support hundreds of private equity, venture capital, real estate, credit, and hybrid funds. At Juniper Square, Dorota leads major components of the fund accounting organization, including operational oversight, complex client delivery, talent development, business development support, and cross-functional initiatives with Product, Engineering, and Revenue. She serves as a senior escalation point for complex accounting, structuring, and operational issues and is deeply engaged in onboarding, transformation work, and high-touch relationship management for strategic clients. Dorota also leads the firm’s SOC 1 compliance program, ensuring operational rigor, strong internal controls, and audit-ready processes across a rapidly scaling business. Prior to joining Juniper Square, Dorota held senior leadership roles across the fund administration ecosystem. She served as VP of Finance at Creation Investments Capital Management, overseeing fund operations across multiple private credit vehicles. At Northern Trust, she was VP of Fund Accounting and Investor Services supporting Bridgewater, one of the world’s largest hedge fund managers. Earlier, she led both Fund Accounting and Investor Services teams at Woodfield Fund Administration (now part of Ultimus Fund Solutions), and previously served as Fund Accounting Manager at Swiss Financial Services, focusing on NAV oversight, investor relations, and audit coordination. Dorota began her career at Ernst & Young, spending over nine years auditing investment companies, private funds, and investment advisors, and ultimately managing large-scale financial statement and internal control audits. She holds a B.S. in Accounting from Loyola University Chicago and is an active Certified Public Accountant (Illinois). She is a member of the Illinois CPA Society and the AICPA.