Matthew Bird is Head of Private Debt Investments and a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman. He is also a member of the firm's Private Debt Investment Committee. Prior to joining the firm in 2014, Matthew served as a vice president at GarMark Partners, one of the longest tenured managers of private junior capital in North America, where he was responsible for sourcing, executing and monitoring middle-market debt and structured equity investments across multiple industries for both sponsored and non-sponsored transactions. Matthew served as a board member or observer at several portfolio companies. Prior to joining GarMark, he was an asset manager at Seavest Inc., an investment management firm focused on healthcare real estate and private equity investing. Prior to that, he was an investment professional at FG II Ventures, a private venture firm, and at European Capital Ventures plc, a London-based venture capital fund. Matthew received an MBA with Honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA, cum laude, in History and French from the University of Warwick.