Vera Joffe Shapiro

Vera Joffe Shapiro, CAIA

Advisor/Operating Partner, Marketing Strategy
Decagon Advisors

Vera provides value-added support to anchored teams as they leverage their outreach efforts and build a strong brand with a long-term view. She supports teams as they build a dynamic communications program and a disciplined process. Since 2009 she has helped Decagon’s clients meet tangible asset growth by enhancing their ability to build strong partnerships with investors through valuable information flow.

Previously she had a long tenure as a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, formerly Bankers Trust, in marketing communications and product management during a period of rapid expansion of the private fund strategies platform. She led teams that supported hundreds of private fund vehicles with a global reach in multiple currencies. She began her career at Irving Bank Corporation as a marketing specialist in the Consumer Banking Group.

She holds an MBA from New York University where she was the valedictorian and an A.B. in Economics Cum Laude from Harvard University.