C-Suite & Family Office Staff
Chief of Staff
Serves as a strategic partner to the principal, streamlining operations, managing cross-functional initiatives, and ensuring alignment across departments. Facilitates communication, oversees special projects, and supports high-level decision-making in private service settings.
Director of Residences
Oversees the operations of multiple private estates, ensuring each residence meets the principal’s standards for service, staffing, and maintenance. Manages estate teams, budgets, and vendor relationships while upholding discretion, excellence, and continuity across properties.
Director of Properties
Responsible for the strategic oversight and operational excellence of all owned or managed properties within a private estate portfolio. Ensures each location meets the principal’s standards for service, safety, and presentation while managing staff, budgets, and long-term asset value.
Estate Manager
Manages the daily operations of a private estate, ensuring seamless service delivery, staff coordination, and property upkeep. Acts as the principal’s trusted liaison, overseeing vendors, budgets, and household standards with discretion, leadership, and attention to detail.
Executive Assistant
Provides high-level administrative support to the principal, managing calendars, travel, correspondence, and confidential tasks with precision and discretion. Serves as a gatekeeper and liaison, ensuring seamless communication and efficient execution of daily priorities.
In-Residence Leadership & Critical Support Staff
Estate Manager
Provides high-level administrative support to the principal, managing calendars, travel, correspondence, and confidential tasks with precision and discretion. Serves as a gatekeeper and liaison, ensuring seamless communication and efficient execution of daily priorities.
Household Manager
Oversees the daily operations of a private residence, managing staff, schedules, and service standards to ensure a smooth and well-maintained home environment. Acts as the principal’s point of contact for household matters, ensuring discretion, consistency, and personalized care.
Domestic Couple
A professional pair responsible for the seamless operation of a private residence, often combining roles such as housekeeping, cooking, maintenance, and hospitality. Their coordinated efforts ensure a well-run, comfortable, and discreet home environment tailored to the principal’s lifestyle.
Property Manager
Responsible for the upkeep, safety, and functionality of one or more private properties. Coordinates maintenance, vendor services, and inspections while ensuring the residence meets the principal’s standards for presentation, security, and operational readiness.
Private Chef
Designs and prepares personalized meals that reflect the principal’s dietary preferences, lifestyle, and schedule. Manages kitchen operations, sourcing, and presentation with discretion and professionalism, ensuring consistency, nutrition, and culinary excellence in a private residence.
Butler
Provides refined, personalized service within a private residence, overseeing formal dining, guest relations, wardrobe care, and household presentation. Maintains discretion and anticipates needs, ensuring the principal’s lifestyle is supported with grace and precision.
Personal Assistant
Supports the principal with a wide range of administrative and personal tasks, including calendar management, travel coordination, errands, and confidential communications. Maintains discretion, anticipates needs, and ensures seamless execution of daily responsibilities.
Family Assistant
Provides personalized support to the principal and family members, managing schedules, travel, errands, and children’s activities with discretion and care. Acts as a trusted resource for day-to-day needs, ensuring smooth coordination and a high standard of service.
Nanny
Provides attentive, nurturing care for children in a private household, managing routines, activities, and developmental needs with discretion and professionalism. Collaborates with parents to ensure consistency, safety, and emotional well-being in a structured home environment.
Executive Housekeeper
Leads the housekeeping team in a private residence or estate, ensuring cleanliness, organization, and presentation meet the principal’s standards. Manages schedules, inventory, and training while maintaining discretion and a polished, service-oriented environment.
Front-Line Staff
Housekeeper
Maintains the cleanliness, organization, and overall presentation of a private residence with attention to detail and discretion. Responsible for daily upkeep, laundry, and household standards, ensuring a comfortable and well-managed environment for the principal.
Laundress
Specializes in the care, cleaning, and maintenance of garments, linens, and fine fabrics within a private residence. Ensures wardrobe items are handled with precision, discretion, and attention to detail, often managing inventory, seasonal rotation, and couture-level standards.
Housemen
Provides hands-on support for the physical upkeep and presentation of a private residence, handling tasks such as cleaning, maintenance, and exterior care. Works closely with household staff to ensure a well-maintained, secure, and welcoming environment for the principal.
Chauffeur/Driver
Provides safe, discreet, and punctual transportation for the principal and family members, managing vehicle care, route planning, and scheduling with professionalism. Ensures comfort, privacy, and reliability while adapting to changing itineraries and preferences.
Lady's Attendant
Provides personalized support to a female principal, assisting with wardrobe care, grooming, travel preparation, and daily routines. Maintains discretion and anticipates needs, ensuring comfort, elegance, and seamless service in both formal and informal settings.
Full Carousel – All Positions
Chief of Staff
A seasoned professional known for calm leadership, sound judgment, and an intuitive grasp of household operations. Skilled at managing people, priorities, and details with grace, ensuring smooth days, seamless service, and a home that runs like clockwork.
Director of Residences
A trusted leader ensuring every aspect of a private residence runs seamlessly. Oversees operations, staff, and service with precision and grace, bridging the family’s vision with flawless execution while upholding the highest standards of privacy and excellence.
Director of Properties
A results-driven leader with a passion for excellence in property operations and team development. Known for balancing strategic oversight with a hands-on approach, ensuring every project runs efficiently, every property thrives, and every team member feels valued.
Estate Manager
Serving as the trusted link between the Principal and their properties, this role ensures every detail runs seamlessly, from staff coordination to operational oversight, maintaining excellence, discretion, and comfort across each residence and service environment.
Household Manager
Dedicated to keeping every detail running smoothly, they ensure the home operates seamlessly, managing schedules, coordinating staff, and anticipating needs with care and precision to create an organized, comfortable, and well-maintained environment.
Property Manager
Maintaining a private estate takes attention, foresight, and pride in every detail. From landscape care to seasonal upkeep, they ensure your property reflects your vision, well-kept, beautiful, and always aligned with your personal standards.
Private Chef
Skilled in the art of exceptional dining, this professional brings refined culinary training and years of experience from fine restaurants to the private table, crafting personalized menus, memorable meals, and an elevated experience tailored to each client’s tastes.
Executive Assistant
Highly organized and resourceful professional who ensures seamless operations for busy leaders. Skilled in managing schedules, coordinating travel, and handling communications with precision, discretion, and genuine care to keep priorities aligned and goals on track.
Family Assistant
A trusted right hand for busy households, balancing schedules, errands, and daily needs with care and precision. From organizing routines to managing home tasks, they ensure the family’s life runs smoothly, bringing calm, order, and thoughtful support every day.
Personal Assistant
Highly organized and intuitive, known for anticipating needs and managing complex schedules with precision. Balances professionalism and discretion while coordinating travel, handling communication, and keeping daily operations running smoothly and seamlessly.
Domestic Couple
A dedicated duo that brings harmony and excellence to every home, working together to ensure every detail runs seamlessly, from daily upkeep to refined hospitality. Their teamwork transforms a residence into a well-managed, welcoming sanctuary.
Butler
Today’s professionals embody refined versatility, overseeing household operations with grace, discretion, and precision. They bring warmth, structure, and timeless elegance to modern living, ensuring every detail reflects impeccable care.
Executive Housekeeper
Detail-oriented and dependable, known for creating organized, welcoming homes through consistency, discretion, and care. Skilled in staff coordination, fine-surface care, and household efficiency, ensuring every space feels polished, peaceful, and well-maintained.
Chauffeur/Driver
Provides seamless, safe, and timely transportation while maintaining discretion and professionalism. Dedicated to delivering comfort, reliability, and a polished experience for principals, their families, and guests on every journey.
Lady's Attendant
Elegant, attentive, and discreet, known for ensuring a polished appearance and seamless daily routine. Skilled in wardrobe care, grooming, and personal styling, maintaining garments, accessories, and presentation with grace, precision, and the utmost professionalism.
Laundress
A dedicated expert who ensures every fabric in your home is treated with care and precision. From fine linens to daily wear, your laundry is kept fresh, organized, and beautifully maintained, bringing effortless comfort and calm to your everyday routine.
Housemen
A dependable, hands-on professional who keeps every corner of the home running smoothly, ready to assist wherever needed, from maintaining order indoors to supporting tasks outdoors with care, reliability, and a genuine commitment to service.
Housekeeper
Handles home care with precision and pride, keeping every space spotless, organized, and welcoming. From preparing meals to assisting with errands and coordinating vendor visits, they ensure the home runs smoothly and feels truly cared for.
Nanny
Compassionate and attentive, dedicated to nurturing children’s growth through patience, creativity, and consistency. Balances learning and play while fostering emotional confidence, healthy routines, and a joyful, supportive environment where children thrive every day.
Peter Colt Van Ryder
Founder & CEO
Peter is a formally trained Private Service Professional renowned for his expertise in managing complex projects and achieving outstanding outcomes within high-net-worth environments. Renowned for his expertise in managing complex projects and training staff in residences ranging from 9,000 to 30,000+ square feet, Peter excels in implementing effective household procedures and policies. He is celebrated for his role as a travel trainer, teaching luxury service and etiquette globally. In 2011, he authored “The Essentials of Household & Estate Management,” a comprehensive course empowering professionals in luxury service environments. His extensive career in luxury hospitality includes senior management positions, as well as direct roles as an Estate Manager and Director of Residences. Peter’s proficiency extends to training staff in expansive estates across the United States and abroad, ensuring seamless operations and exceptional service delivery.
