Dee Dee Sklar
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Fmr. MD, Vice Chair Subscription Finance - Asset Backed Finance (Ret.)
New York, US
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Dee Dee Sklar is a highly respected senior finance and banking executive known as a transformational business leader with a wealth of deep expertise covering multiple asset classes gained during decades of global experience. She seeks interesting opportunities as NED or Advisor to sit alongside her current roles, both in the US and Europe. Dee Dee’s advisory and leadership experience covers investments, financing, portfolio management, P&L Management, operations, strategy, transformation, compliance, capital sourcing, asset and risk management. She steered and managed a multitude of stakeholder relationships successfully, internally and externally including operations, creating outstanding results for her network of clients. Dee Dee currently serves on the Nuveen Churchill Private Capital Income Fund (PCAP) and the Nuveen Churchill Private Credit Fund boards and is Senior Advisor to Coller Capital headquartered in London.
She has made notable contributions as former board member with 17Capital (acquired by Oaktree) and Atalaya Capital (acquired by Blue Owl). And a former President and board member of SJL & Associates and DAC Realty Services. In 2018, Dee Dee was announced as the first recipient of the annual WFF award, which is now named in her honour. She is the Co-Global Chair of WFF and a member of various organizations, including a founding member of Extraordinary Women on Boards and the KPMG Women in Real Estate Steering Committee. She is a member of the C200 (Nomination Committee), Thirty Percent Coalition, NYSE ICE, FWA New York (Corporate Board Committee) and continues a business development role supporting the Fund Finance Association. Prior she was a founding member of Teach For Americas NY Region Board. Dee Dee is highly sought after as a keynote speaker and has fulfilled this role at many high-profile events. Dee Dee holds a BA in Education (Economics) from the University of Tennessee.
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Background
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2018 — 2019
Fmr. MD, Vice Chair Subscription Finance - Asset Backed Finance (Ret.)
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC delivers a comprehensive set of capital markets products and services to customers, including originating and distributing public debt and equity, hedging interest rates, commodity and equity risks, advising on mergers and acquisitions, structured lending facilities, and municipal bonds.
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2012 — 2018
Global Head of Subscription Finance - Asset Backed Securities
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
In 2012, Dee Dee negotiated Wells Fargo’s acquisition of WestLB’s subscription finance loan portfolio and the hiring of a team of 11 in New York and London, along with the operational platform, rights to ratings models, and a market leading metrics database aggregating performance history and managing loan collateral.
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2004 — 2012
MD, Head of Financial Institutions Americas and Global Head of Funds
WestLB (Now: Portigon AG)
In 2004, Dee Dee built the first centralized full-service platform for subscription finance lending in the industry, combining origination and portfolio management. Since then, the database has tracked 300,000 capital calls, across 35,000 limited partners, across 700 borrowers.
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2000 — 2004
Managing Director, Asset-Backed Finance Securitization Group
WestLB (Now: Portigon AG)
Dee Dee negotiated the hiring of a 7-person team from Rothschild to build a 144A securitization business. She established and managed the syndicated liquidity program for Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Conduits.
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1994 — 2000
Executive Director of Capital Markets
Rothschild, Inc.
Rothschild & Co is a global and family-controlled group, providing M&A, strategy and financing advice, as well as investment and wealth management solutions to large institutions, families, individuals and governments, worldwide.
In The News
Newsfeed
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24 February 2026 · Morningstar
Blueprint Capital Advisors Announces 2026 Power100 Active Icons Honorees
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10 June 2025 · Businesswire
Dee Dee Sklar Joins Bayview Asset Management as Senior Advisor
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17 October 2024
WFF Autumn Macro Economic Round-Up
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6 March 2024 · Loan Market Association
Why private markets are helping women pivot their careers in finance – and fulfil their potential
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1 December 2023 · Private Equity International
Furthering Gender Diversity in Fund Finance
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15 October 2023 · Avenue One
Avenue One | Fall Women’s Outing
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10 July 2023 · Secondaries Investor
Collier hires Women in Fund Finance co-chair as Senior Adviser
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19 June 2023 · The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Commercial real estate: A new cycle in Europe, the Middle East and America?
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11 February 2023 · Fund Finance Association
12th Annual Global Fund Finance Symposium
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12 September 2022 · The Drawdown
The most influential fund finance experts of 2022
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7 January 2022 · Heidrick & Struggles
Joining a SPAC board: What to expect and how to add value
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6 January 2022 · Haynes Boone
SPACs in the Finance Industry
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3 December 2021 · Women in Fund Finance
Women in Fund Finance: ESG Panel
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2 November 2021 · Walkers
Diversity and Innovation in Financial Services with Dee Dee Sklar
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24 September 2021 · Cadwalader
‘Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations’ — Catching Up with Dee Dee Sklar
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Formative Years
Education
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The University of Tennessee
BA in Education with a focus in Economics
Areas Of Focus