Victoria Robey

Victoria Susan Robey, Lady Robey OBE (née Hull, born 1960) is an American-British arts administrator and former banker.

Victoria Robey

Born
Victoria Susan Hull

1959 or 1960 (age 63–64)[1]
Greenwich, Connecticut, US
NationalityAmerican
British
EducationPhillips Academy
Wesleyan University
OccupationArts administrator
Spouses
  • ​
    (divorced)​
  • Simon Robey
Children3
RelativesJohn Gutfreund (uncle)

Early life

She is the daughter of Lloyd Nelson Hull (1922-2018), lawyer and civic leader, and Mary Gutfreund (sister of John Gutfreund), who married in 1957.[2] She grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, US.[2] She was educated at Phillips Academy and Wesleyan University in Connecticut.[3]

Career

She started her career in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance at Goldman Sachs in New York and London, and subsequently joined executive search company Russell Reynolds Associates.[3]

Robey is chairman of the board of directors of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.[3]

She is a co-founder of Music Masters, a UK-based music education charity which works with schools, teachers and arts organisations with the aim of making music accessible to all.[3]

Honours

She was appointed an OBE for services to music in the 2014 Birthday Honours.[3]

Personal life

In 1987, she married Richard Sharp, a fellow Goldman Sachs banker, in Connecticut.[4][5] In October 2008, they were living in Kensington, and had an estimated net worth of £500 million.[1] They had three children together.[6]

Some time after 2014, she married British investment banker Sir Simon Robey.[2]

References
  1. "The 1000". Evening Standard. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. Semmes, Anne W. (22 March 2019). "Robey Brings Honor to Father Via the London Philharmonic". Greenwich Sentinel. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. "Board and Advisory Council". London Philharmonic Orchestra.
  4. Frazer, Jenni (27 October 2020). "Leading candidate to be next BBC chair is Jewish banking expert Richard Sharp". Jewish News. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. "Victoria Hull Wed To Richard Sharp". The New York Times. 30 August 1987. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. Bell, Alex (23 January 2015). "Getting to the Sharp end of a mysterious central bank". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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