Dee Dee Sklar is an Independent Director and Senior Advisor to PE/Alternatives Asset Managers. As a prior senior banking executive with global experience, she has managed global businesses providing financing and other solutions to private equity firms, portfolio companies, and asset managers across three international banks which includes investing bank capital. Dee Dee retired from her role as Vice Chair, Subscription Finance (and prior Global Head) at Wells Fargo. As a Co-Founder she remains Global Co-Chair of Women In Fund Finance and is a part of the Fund Finance Association’s business development initiatives.
Dee Dee is currently a Nuveen Churchill Private Income Fund (PCAP) Board Member, a Coller Capital Senior Advisor, a Bayview Asset Management Senior Advisor, LSTA Business Coalition Board (non-profit) and prior on Atalaya Capital Management Business Advisory Board (firm acquired by Blue Owl Capital); and a prior member of 17Capital’s Supervisory Board (firm acquired by Oaktree Capital). She has advised two women founded firms and served as a diligence advisor to two private equity sponsor acquisitions and a public to private bank acquisition.
Dee Dee started her career in finance with a real estate asset manager investing debt and equity in commercial real estate on behalf of Insurance Companies, moved into Securitization of multiple asset classes for two global banks, headed financial institutions Americas. She identified an overlooked fragmented opportunity which lacked consistency in 2004 within fund finance liquidity and select asset level solutions building a global business acquired by Wells Fargo in 2012.
Always an advocate for women and diversity she is a founding member of KPMGs Women in Real Estate Steering Committee, a member of NYSE ICE, Committee of 200, WIS, PEWIN, WAVE, a Impact Ahead Advocate Member and a founding member of EWOB. In 2024, Power100 acknowledged Dee Dee among others within their Angel category and in 2026, Power100 acknowledged Dee Dee among others within their ICON category. She is a regular speaker and contributor to publications.
