Sherrese Clarke Soares is the Chief Executive Officer of Tempo Music. Clarke Soares was recruited by Providence as the founding CEO to set, lead and execute the vision for the new venture. In addition to her role as Tempo’s chief executive, Clarke Soares will set the investment strategy for Tempo Music, chair the investment committee and serve on the board of directors. She most recently served as Managing Director at Morgan Stanley where she spent the last decade of her career. She founded & led, globally, the Entertainment, Media, & Sports Structured Solutions platform. Tempo Music was founded as a result of her leading the strategic structuring of a special purpose acquisition platform, structuring the initial catalog acquisitions and striking a strategic partnership with Warner Music Group.

While at Morgan Stanley, she served in several capacities during her tenure including managing the firm’s balance sheet, as Head of North American Relationship Lending – managing the origination and execution of $85BN+ in loan commitments and serving on the Capital Commitment Committee. Prior to that, she was one of three founding senior professionals tasked with developing the Entertainment Practice at CIT Group, where she developed the business plan, investment rationale and criteria for investment in entertainment companies. Ms. Clarke Soares graduated from Georgetown University and Harvard Business School.