Sheryl Schwartz

Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer at ALTI

Roundtable Host

Sheryl Schwartz is an accomplished asset management executive, institutional investor, and board member who has built and led teams and new asset classes for major institutional investors. She is a highly respected institutional investment executive with over 30 years of experience managing multi-billion-dollar portfolios across private equity, credit, mezzanine, and real assets. and has an expertise in portfolio management, strategy, corporate governance, marketing and new product development. Since 2020, Ms. Schwartz has served as the Chief Investment Officer at ALTI, an asset management platform that aims to give individual investors access to institutional quality private equity. Prior to this role, from 2013 to 2020, she served as Managing Director at Caspian Private Equity and Perseus, where she developed a strong track record in fund selection, co-investments, and ESG integration. Previously, Ms. Schwartz served as Managing Director at TIAA Financial Services, where she led the firm’s global private markets strategy, overseeing more than $13 billion in commitments and building one of the industry’s most diverse investment teams.

Ms. Schwartz is also an experienced board member across both public and private companies, including her role on the boards of Apollo Debt Solutions, Apollo Diversified Credit Fund, Cartesian Growth Corporation II (Nasdaq: RENEF) and Gaia REIT. Sheryl serves on the Audit and Nominating and Governance Committees and is a Qualified Financial Expert. On Boards, Sheryl has provided advice on strategy, growth, management and organizational decisions, acquisitions, investments, sustainability and financial matters. Over the course of her career as a lead investor she has developed financial acumen across asset classes, with deep sector expertise in alternatives, private equity and credit/fixed income. Sheryl is also on the Board of a women’s private equity mentoring organization (“WAVE”), her longstanding membership in PEWIN and is an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Gabelli School of business.

Amongst her many accolades, Sheryl has been recognized by Merger and Acquisitions Magazine “Most Influential Women in the Mid-Market M&A” in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; The Wall Street Journal’s “Six of Private Equity’s Most Influential Gatekeepers” in 2017; Directors & Boards: 2025 Directors to Watch ; and was named to the Financial Times FT Agenda Future 50 Board Director List in 2025. She is also a member of the NYSE Board Candidate network.

Ms. Schwartz holds a B.S. and M.B.A in Finance and Management from the Stern School of Business at New York University