Dee Dee Sklar

Independent Advisor & Director

Dee Dee Sklar is the consummate advisory board member or director. She takes her responsibilities seriously and she is even more serious about her work with women-led funds where her valuable experience and insights are constructive in so many areas including structure, fundraising, investment process and governance. She is a seasoned banking executive with over 40 years of experience in the financial services industry. Her extensive network ranges across leading private equity and alternative investment management firms. As Vice Chair and Head of Subscription Finance at Wells Fargo & Company, she helped build the bank into the leading global provider of subscription financing. Her clients included top tier managers such as Apax, Apollo, AXA, Barings, BC Partners, Blackrock, Blackstone, Carlyle, Cerberus, Elliott, Exeter, Goldman Sachs, Insight, Neuberger Berman, Permira, PGIM, PIMCO, 17Capital, Starwood, TIAA, TPG, Varde, and Vista. A longtime champion of diversity, Ms. Sklar is a founder and Global Co-Chair of Women in Fund Finance (WFF), a global network of over 2,000 women in private equity, banking, and law. Ms. Sklar was the first recipient of her namesake award for outstanding achievement in promoting the success of women in fund finance, The Dee Dee Sklar Women in Fund Finance Award.