Dirk Werner

Dirk Werner is the Managing Director for the Equity Business Group of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He took up his role in September 2023.

In this role, Mr Werner oversees the Bank’s activities in the Direct Equity, Equity Funds, Venture Capital, and Equity Portfolio Monitoring groups.

Mr Werner, a German national, joined the Bank in January 2015 as the Director for the Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) sector (then known as ICT).

Prior to joining the EBRD, Mr Werner held Managing Director roles in investment banking, including at Sberbank Corporate and Investment Banking in Moscow from 2012 to 2014 and at Bank of America Merrill Lynch based in London from 2007 to 2011. Earlier positions included investment banking roles at Lehman Brothers in New York and London, at Morgan Stanley in London, and Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt.

Mr Werner graduated as Diplom-Volkswirt (M.A. Economics) from the Georg-August University of Göttingen and studied at Amherst College, Massachusetts, U.S.A.