Dalia Pearson

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BIOGRAPHY

Dalia Pearson

Chief Financial and Chief Compliance Officer

Dalia Pearson serves as Chief Financial and Chief Compliance Officer for Sterling Organization. Ms. Pearson is responsible for the financial aspects of the company including property, fund and corporate accounting, tax planning, fund administration, compliance and treasury operations.

Prior to joining Sterling Organization, Dalia was a Partner and Chief Compliance Officer of Elion Partners, a U.S. industrial real estate manager.

She was a member of the firm’s Senior Management Committee, Asset Management Committee, and Investment Committee. As head of Elion’s finance and accounting department, Dalia oversaw the firm’s corporate, real estate and fund financial reporting, treasury operations, fund administration, and tax compliance. Dalia played an integral role in Elion’s strategic growth initiatives, contributing significantly to the firm’s development into an institutional investment platform managing funds and separately managed accounts on behalf of institutional partners.

Prior to joining Elion, Dalia served as Financial Controller at Swire Properties, Inc. where she was responsible for accounting operations and financial reporting. During her time at Swire Properties, she oversaw the accounting for the company’s mixed-use development, Brickell City Centre. Prior to her role at Swire Properties, Dalia spent nine years at RSM US LLP, most recently as an Audit Director, where she focused primarily on auditing construction companies as well as advising middle market companies on operational controls and process improvements, including authoring the article “A Blueprint for Fraud Prevention” which was published in the South Florida Constructor Magazine Spring/Summer 2010 edition.

Dalia holds a Master of Accounting and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, earned with magna cum laude honors, from Florida Atlantic University. She completed the High Potentials Leadership Program at Harvard Business School in 2021. Dalia is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Florida.