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Dee Dee Sklar

Board Candidate. Fmr. MD, Vice Chair Subscription Finance - Asset Backed Finance (Ret.)

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

New York, NY, USA

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Dee Dee Sklar’s Biography

Dee Dee Sklar is a respected senior banking executive with decades of global experience, known in the alternatives industry as an innovator and one of the creators of subscription financing. Since 2004, she and her teams invested in funds, operated as lead arrangers, originating over $350 billion of financing to funds investing in private equity, credit and real assets. This success made Wells Fargo the top global provider of subscription financing.

Upon leaving Wells Fargo, Dee Dee shifted her focus to board memberships and advisory committees. Throughout her career, she built global relationships with alternative managers, top investors, law firms and banks. Her most recent posts were Vice Chair, Subscription Finance and Global Head, Subscription Finance at Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. She was also a member of the Asset-Backed Finance Management & Subscription Finance Management Committees.

Dee Dee is a Member of the Competitive Council for Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company and serves as a Strategic Advisor for 17Capital, a firm that provides short- to medium-term financing...
Dee Dee Sklar is a respected senior banking executive with decades of global experience, known in the alternatives industry as an innovator and one of the creators of subscription financing. Since 2004, she and her teams invested in funds, operated as lead arrangers, originating over $350 billion of financing to funds investing in private equity, credit and real assets. This success made Wells Fargo the top global provider of subscription financing.

Upon leaving Wells Fargo, Dee Dee shifted her focus to board memberships and advisory committees. Throughout her career, she built global relationships with alternative managers, top investors, law firms and banks. Her most recent posts were Vice Chair, Subscription Finance and Global Head, Subscription Finance at Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. She was also a member of the Asset-Backed Finance Management & Subscription Finance Management Committees.

Dee Dee is a Member of the Competitive Council for Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company and serves as a Strategic Advisor for 17Capital, a firm that provides short- to medium-term financing to investors in private equity portfolios. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the SPAC Callodine Acquisition Corp., and serves on the Advisory Board for Tealbook, a supplier intelligence platform that helps businesses more efficiently obtain supplier data.

She is the Founder & Global Co-Chair of Women in Fund Finance (2,500+ members), an association focused on increasing the recognition and promotion of women in the private equity and alternatives. In 2018 Dee Dee was the first recipient of the annual WFF award, now named in her honor. She is also a member of the Committee of 200, the Thirty Percent Coalition, Extraordinary Women on Boards, KPMG Women in Real Estate, the Fund Finance Association and FWA New York.

She has a BA in Education (Economics) from the University of Tennessee.
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Dee Dee Sklar’s Newsfeed

Secondaries Investor
Collier hires Women in Fund Finance co-chair as Senior Adviser

As Senior Adviser, Dee Dee Sklar will help the secondaries GP with its credit arm.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Commercial real estate: A new cycle in Europe, the Middle East and America?

In the US, the weakest link is office vacancies and office rent as occupiers revaluate space requirements, says Dee Dee Sklar. A problem in the US real estate market, she continues, is that 70% of real estate financing resides in banks below the top 25. 

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Dee Dee Sklar’s Background

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Board Candidate. Fmr. MD, Vice Chair Subscription Finance - Asset Backed Finance (Ret.)
Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
New York, NY, USA
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.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Global Head of Subscription Finance - Asset Backed Securities
Jun 2012 - Dec 2018
New York, NY, USA
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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Board Positions

Nuveen Churchill Private Capital Income Fund
Independent Director
Mar 2022 - Present
Chicago, IL, USA
Nuveen Churchill Private Capital Income Fund is a statutory trust and part of Nuveen, a TIAA company. Churchill Asset Management aims to provide investors with risk-adjusted returns by investing in a diversified portfolio of private debt and equity investments in U.S. middle market companies.
Tealbook
Advisory Board
Nov 2020 - Present
Toronto, CA
Tealbook helps procurement teams with a platform that leverages advanced AI to deliver better visibility, increased accuracy and effortless analytics across the supplier base
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Advisory Roles

Coller Capital
Senior Advisor
2023 - Present
London, UK
Founded in 1990, Coller Capital is one of the world's leading investors in the secondary market for private assets. Coller provides liquidity solutions to private markets investors worldwide, acquiring interests in private equity, private credit, and other private markets assets.

Previous Board Positions

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Independent Director | Audit Committee Chair
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Papaya Growth Opportunity is an acquisition company focused on mergers, capital stock exchanges, asset acquisition, stock purchases, and reorganization.
Kernel Group Holdings
Independent Director | Audit, Governance, & Nominating Committee Chair
Feb 2021 - Dec 2022
San Francisco, CA, USA
Kernel Group Holdings is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on the intersection of technology and infrastructure
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Philanthropy

Teach for America
Founding Member of Regional Board
1997 - 2020
New York, NY, USA
Teach For America is a diverse network of leaders working to confront educational inequity through teaching and at every sector of society to create a country free from this injustice.

Media

The most influential fund finance experts of 2022
Honoree
Sep 2022
Dee Dee Sklar, noted by the author as 'Arguably the most highly respected and well known figure within the fund finance space', is featured in this report showcasing the individuals who have shaped the fund finance market.

Interviews

Joining a SPAC board: What to expect and how to add value
Jan 2022
Dee Dee Sklar joins the Leadership Perspectives series to discuss her experience serving on the board of Kernel Group Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), and offers advice to those looking to join a SPAC board and her insight into what
Diversity and Innovation in Financial Services with Dee Dee Sklar
Nov 2021
Dee Dee Sklar joins the We Talk Banking & Finance podcast to discuss diversity and innovation in the financial services sector.
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Accreditation

FINRA BrokerCheck Profile
FINRA Registration
New York, NY, USA
Dee Dee holds her Series 7, 24, 63, 79 & 99 licenses.

Memberships

Extraordinary Women on Boards
Member
Jan 2022 - Present
New York, NY, USA
Extraordinary Women on Boards has hundreds of women directors in its membership and represents public and private boards. Its peer-to-peer community is committed to ongoing education, sharing expertise, and promoting board excellence.
Thirty Percent Coalition
Member
2019 - Present
New York, NY, USA
The vision of the Thirty Percent Coalition is to have corporate boardrooms reflect the gender, racial, and ethnic diversity of the US workforce.
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Awards & Recognition

Women in Fund Finance's First Annual Contribution Award
Honoree
New York, NY, USA
Dee Dee was the recipient of the Women in Fund Finance's first annual contribution award, now named the Dee Dee Sklar Women in Fund Finance Award.

Speaking Engagements

12th Annual Global Fund Finance Symposium
Panel member
Feb 2023
Miami Beach, FL, USA
Dee Dee Sklar took part in a panel titled 'First Mover Founders Alternatives'. The Fund Finance Association’s annual symposiums convene investors, fund managers, bankers and lawyers for education and networking within the fund finance market.
Career Change – The Big Decision
Panel Member
Jan 2021
Dee Dee Sklar, Strategic Advisor and Board Member, and a panel of leaders shared their different experiences with career change. The panel discussion was followed by a Q & A session.
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Press Releases

17Capital announces senior promotions and expansion of Supervisory Board
May 2021
Dee Dee Sklar has been appointed to 17Capital’s Supervisory Board to assist with advising on firm-level decisions, such as new strategy launches, key hires, and other related matters.

Dee Dee Sklar’s Education

The University of Tennessee
BA in Education with a focus in Economics

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