Victoria Robey

Victoria Robey
CBE
Born
Victoria Susan Hull

1959 or 1960 (age 64–65)[1]
Greenwich, Connecticut, US
NationalityAmerican
British
EducationPhillips Academy
Wesleyan University
OccupationArts administrator
Spouses
  • ​
    (divorced)​
  • Simon Robey
Children3
RelativesJohn Gutfreund (uncle)

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

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 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours[3] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours,[4] both for services to music.

Personal life

In 1987, she married Richard Sharp, a fellow Goldman Sachs banker, in Connecticut.[5][6] In October 2008, they were living in Kensington, and had an estimated net worth of £500 million.[1] They had three children together.[7]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "The 1000". Evening Standard. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Semmes, Anne W. (22 March 2019). "Robey Brings Honor to Father Via the London Philharmonic". Greenwich Sentinel. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Board and Advisory Council". London Philharmonic Orchestra.
  4. ^ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N11.
  5. ^ Frazer, Jenni (27 October 2020). "Leading candidate to be next BBC chair is Jewish banking expert Richard Sharp". Jewish News. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Victoria Hull Wed To Richard Sharp". The New York Times. 30 August 1987. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. ^ Bell, Alex (23 January 2015). "Getting to the Sharp end of a mysterious central bank". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 7 January 2021.