HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has appointed Victoria Sharpe as its head of real assets and Scott McClurg as its head of private credit for its alternatives division, HSBC Alternatives on Sept 6. McClurg’s role is a newly-created one.
He will be based in London and is responsible for the strategic development and management of the private credit business, which encompasses the direct lending and infrastructure debt propositions.
McClurg joined HSBC in 2010 and has held various senior positions across commercial banking.
In her new role, Sharpe will oversee the strategic development and management of the real assets proposition, which consists of the teams in direct real estate and listed infrastructure equity. Sharpe will assume the role from Joanna Munro, who has been serving as acting head.
Sharpe will assume her new role in addition to her responsibilities as head & chief investment officer (CIO) of real estate in HSBC AM’s Asia Pacific region.
Sharpe comes with a wealth of experience including her time building and leading the Asia Pacific Real Estate business for DWS prior to HSBC. Before DWS, she spent 16 years with the global investment management firm PGIM (formerly Prudential Investment Management), as head of real estate, Asia Pacific.
