Neuberger Berman has named David Eckert as global head of infrastructure, effective 1 June. Eckert, who has 18 years of corporate technology and operations experience, comes to Neuberger Berman from ING, where he was global chief operating officer/chief information officer for its investment management and insurance business. At Neuberger Berman,

Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) has promoted Jules Maltz (pictured) to General Partner. Maltz joins Todd Chaffee, Norm Fogelsong, Steve Harrick, Sandy Miller and Dennis Phelps as the sixth General Partner of the firm. Maltz joined IVP in August 2008. He focuses on later-stage venture investments in rapidly-growing Internet and software companies. Maltz

Venture capital Morgenthaler Ventures, a leading venture capital firm, today announced the addition of Mark Goines as partner. Goines has an extensive track record of working successfully with high growth companies as an entrepreneur, executive and angel investor. Exits from his angel investments include Mint, Baby Center, PayCycle and Nolo.com.

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