Partner, Chief Business Development Officer, SLR Capital Partners
Ingrid Kiefer is a Partner and Chief Business Development Officer at SLR Capital Partners. Ingrid leads SLR's business development and investor relations efforts, leveraging over 25 years of experience in the credit and alternative investment industry. Her role involves introducing and expanding the investor base for specialty finance. Through education and outreach, she facilitates access to the asset class and enhances SLR’s diversified lending solutions to borrowers through capital expansion.
Ingrid graduated from Yale University with a BA in English and began her career in the asset management industry at Fischer Francis Trees and Watts. She has since held numerous product specialist roles at firms such as BlackRock, Drake Management and Satellite Capital, and in 2009, became a partner at Canyon Partners, where she ran the company’s capital formation effort for nearly 14 years before landing her current role at SLR.
In 2023, Ingrid was recognized as one of Pensions & Investments' 65 Most Influential Women in Institutional Investing. Ingrid serves on the North American Committee of the Standards Board of Alternative Investments (“SBAI.”)