SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES

Victoria Sharpe
Head of Alternatives APAC
DWS

Victoria Sharpe is the Head of Alternatives for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. Victoria joined the firm in 2016 with more than 35 years of industry experience.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Victoria was Head of Global Client Capital Group for TH Real Estate, London/New York. Previously she was Senior Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific, for PramericaReal Estate Investors (PREI), the institutional real estate advisory unit of Prudential Investment Management (PIM), the asset management business of Prudential Financial, Inc., USA. From 2005 until 2014 Victoria lived in Singapore and had responsibility for building and managing the Asia Pacific Region for PREI and PIM. Prior to 2005, Victoria had overall responsibility for managing the international businesses of PREI.

Between 2003 and 2005, she lived in Germany to oversee the integration of TMW Immobilien, a real estate fund management company acquired by PIM. Prior to 2002, Victoria led the development of new products for PREI and PIM’s corporate private equity businesses. Victoria began her career with Northern Trust Company; she subsequently worked for LaSalle Advisors Limited, Institutional Property Consultants, Inc. (IPC) and Capri Capital Limited Partnership.

BS Finance from University of Illinois.

Masters of Management from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.