Victoria Robey

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

Victoria Robey CBE
Born	Victoria Susan Hull 1959 or 1960 (age 64–65)[1] Greenwich, Connecticut, US
Nationality	American British
Education	Phillips Academy Wesleyan University
Occupation	Arts administrator
Spouses	Richard Sharp ​ (divorced)​ Simon Robey
Children	3
Relatives	John 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 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]