Victoria Robey
Victoria Susan Robey, Lady Robey, is an American-British arts administrator and former banker.
Early life
She is the daughter of Lloyd Nelson Hull, lawyer and civic leader, and Mary Gutfreund, who married in 1957. She grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, US. She was educated at Phillips Academy and Wesleyan University in Connecticut.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.Robey is chairman of the board of directors of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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.
Honours
She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 Birthday Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2024 New Year Honours, both for services to music.Personal life
In 1987, she married Richard Sharp, a fellow Goldman Sachs banker, in Connecticut. In October 2008, they were living in Kensington, and had an estimated net worth of £500 million. They had three children together.Some time after 2014, she married British investment banker Sir Simon Robey.