Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has appointed technology and life science banker Mercy Forde and VC fund CFO Nina Labatt to its Venture Capital and Private Equity Services team, which is dedicated to providing the financial services required by venture capital and private equity firms. Having worked closely with venture capitalists

Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets has promoted Simon Dixon (pictured) to director in its Acquisition Finance team in Leeds. Dixon has over 20 years of experience at Lloyds Banking Group and has worked in the Acquisition Finance team since 2006.   During this time as associate director, Dixon led and co-led

Spring Mountain Capital, LP (SMC), an investment management firm that focuses on alternative asset investing, has appointed Avi Faliks, PhD, and Jamie Weston as Managing Directors in its private equity business.   As senior members of the private equity team, Faliks and Weston will partner with Raymond Wong, Managing Director

Natural Gas Partners (NGP), one of the leading private equity investors in the oil and gas industry, has appointed Maurice F Storm as a Venture Partner. Storm launched his extensive relationship with NGP in 2002 as founder and Chief Executive Officer of Crow Creek Energy, LLC. Crow Creek was a

Harvey M Eisenberg and Douglas A Ryder will join the New York office of International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Man as partners in its private equity practice group. Eisenberg and Ryder come to Weil from O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Eisenberg has held a number of leadership positions at his

Steve Belgrad (pictured) is leaving his role as Chief Financial Officer of HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited to take up a senior position in the asset management sector. His resignation is effective 31 May 2011. Sir Michael Bunbury, Chairman of HVPE, says: "I would like to thank Steve for his

Octopus Investments has hired Simon Reynolds into its Multi Manager team. He will be working alongside fund managers Colin Lunnon and Bish Limbu and will be adding to the idea generation and research process across all asset classes. He will gradually take over some of the day to day portfolio

ECI Partners (ECI), the UK mid-market private equity firm, has invested in CarTrawler, the Dublin-based provider of online car rental distribution systems. In addition, Mike McGearty, the former COO of CarTrawler, has been announced as the new Chief Executive who will lead the next stage of the business’s development.  

James Metcalfe, the global head of power and utilities investment banking at UBS AG, is joining Alinda Capital Partners, a leading infrastructure investment firm, as its seventh Partner.
 
 Metcalfe will work alongside Alinda Partner, Graeme Bevans, to focus on core infrastructure investments. 
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