The Honorable Shannon Corless is one of Washington's foremost authorities on the convergence of transformative capital and national security. A career intelligence officer, Shannon's twenty-plus years of service culminated in a Presidential nomination and Senate confirmation as the U.S. Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis — advising the White House, the Cabinet, and the Director of National Intelligence on the national security implications of global capital flows.
During her time at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Shannon built and led the Intelligence Community's foreign investment risk review function, including direct stewardship of intelligence support to CFIUS at the most senior levels, and helped drive key updates to the CFIUS framework. She is a recipient of the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award and the Treasury Medal.
Shannon founded EQV Advisory to bring that experience directly to clients navigating the increasingly complex convergence of transformative capital and national security.
EQV is neither a law firm nor a compliance function. We help principals, counsel, and advisors see how government thinks about the intersection of strategic capital and national security, so they can make faster, clearer calls across transactions, portfolio exposure, and strategic positioning.
Foresight, not just mitigation. EQV helps clients anticipate risks before they constrain options.
Engagement at inception. We engages as close to origination as possible, well before public scrutiny narrows options.
Analytic approach as the product. We provide intelligence-grade analysis of compounding signals.
Trusted and personal. Every engagement is bespoke, transparent, reliable, and held in strictest confidence.
EQV takes its name from esse quam videri — to be, rather than to seem. It is the principle that guides every engagement