Sharon Lim

Sharon Lim leads SVCA’s efforts to build the private market investment ecosystem and work with stakeholders including regulators and investors. She brings two decades of experience and networks in private equity, venture, infrastructure, real estate and private wealth.

Sharon’s journey in private capital markets began as a journalist at PEI where she covered private equity across Asia Pacific. After launching a monthly, she pivoted from editorial to leading PEI Conferences Asia business.

Sharon took the entrepreneurial route and started Interest Alignment Management (IAM) in 2012 to advise clients in private market, not-for-profit and media in different projects from capital introduction to events. She has led research in ageing, climate philanthropy, family offices and female entrepreneurship. She has also been organizing She Loves Tech Conferences and HSBC Women’s World Championship Business Forums from 2021-2025.

In her previous capacity as Director of Content at SVCA, Sharon combines market knowledge and a vast international network to connect the dots. Her career started as a journalist in energy and shipping markets at S&P Global Platts and Dow Jones.

She holds a Master’s degree in Gerontology (SUSS) and majored in Sociology and Southeast Asian Studies at National University of Singapore.