Dirk Engelbert
Dirk Engelbert is head of Structured Fund Solutions (SFS) for Global Fund Banking at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). By applying SVB's unique platform and exceptional expertise of lending to funds, Global Fund Banking has offered holistic and flexible solutions, including providing innovative fund liquidity and fund-level debt, for three decades. Dirk’s SFS team is responsible for net asset value (NAV) lending to private equity funds and secondaries funds, as well as leverage lending to private credit funds.
Dirk joined SVB in 2021 to help establish and build out the SFS team. Dirk has been a key contributor to the continuing build out of the breadth and depth of SVB’s NAV facility offering, which today covers private equity, growth equity, venture capital, private debt, private equity secondary and private equity fund of fund clients.
Prior to his current role, Dirk spent 10 years at Macquarie Group, holding predominantly structuring, diligence and execution focused roles working with private equity, direct lending and hedge fund clients.
Dirk holds a bachelor’s in civil engineering with University Medal (valedictorian) and First Class Honors (summa cum laude) from the University of Technology, Sydney, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®).
