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Mr. Verissimo joined the Company in May 1993 as Team Leader in the Northern California Technology Division. Mr. Verissimo was named Manager of the Marc Verissimo is the chief strategy officer for SVB Financial Group, responsible for managing corporate development and the strategic direction of the company. In this capacity, Verissimo oversees SVB Global, which provides business and consulting services to technology and private equity firms around the world from its offices in the U.K., India and China. Additionally, Verissimo oversees SVB Analytics which offers valuation and corporate equity management services to SVB Financial Group's core constituencies of private, venture capital-backed companies and venture capital firms.
Previously, Verissimo served as the chief strategy and risk management officer, responsible for the company's strategy, credit administration, risk management, marketing, and regulatory and compliance groups. He joined Silicon Valley Bank in 1993 as team leader for the Palo Alto Technology Group. He was quickly promoted to division manager for Northern California and became division manager for all of the California lending groups in 1996. From 1999 to 2002, Verissimo served SVB in several capacities, including two periods as interim chief financial officer.
Before joining Silicon Valley Bank, Verissimo was the manager of Comerica Bank's Technology Lending Group. Earlier in his career, he worked with First Interstate Bank as a loan team manager. Verissimo's banking career began with Bank of America, where he was a vice president and lending officer. Verissimo serves on the board of directors of the Entrepreneurs Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the ties between entrepreneurial companies in the Bay Area and the communities in which they operate.
Verissimo earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from the University of California, Davis, and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. | 