Wibke Pendse

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Ms. Wibke Pendse serves as Head of Portfolio Management- Global Fund Banking at Silicon Valley Bank. She leads the team to deliver a range of banking and finance services to private equity and venture capital firms, including capital strategies and solutions, global banking, and rich industry connections and insights. SVB's Private Equity Finance and Banking team works with firms investing in all sectors, and geographies, banking more than 1,200 private equity and venture capital firms based in the US, Europe, and Asia. Prior to this role, She was a senior relationship manager in Silicon Valley Bank's Sand Hill office, working with venture capital and private equity firms in Northern California and the greater LA area. She began her career in 2002 at HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt's commercial banking practice in Duesseldorf, Germany. Prior to joining SVB, she was responsible for managing a loan portfolio and developing client relationships with venture capital and private equity firms in Northern California, Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountains region, and British Columbia for over 5 years at Square 1 Bank and Comerica Bank. She was Assistant Vice President of Equity Fund Services at Comerica Bank, and Vice President of Venture Capital Services at Square 1 Bank.