Victoria Barbary is a senior advisor at the Milken Institute having spent nine years as director of strategy and communications at the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF). Prior to joining IFSWF in September 2016, Victoria spent almost a decade working with sovereign wealth funds and other asset owners as a consultant, entrepreneur, journalist and thought leadership professional.

Victoria holds a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge, a master's with distinction and BA (Hons) in history from the University of Durham. She was previously a senior researcher at the Sovereign Investment Lab, based at the Paolo Baffi Centre on Central Banking and Financial Regulation at Bocconi University in Milan.