Air and water filter producer Mann+Hummel has hired Mike Adams from 8 Rivers Capital as director of corporate ventures.

Mike Adams has become a US-based director of corporate ventures at Germany-based air and water filter provider Mann+Hummel Group.

Adams moved to Mann+Hummel in March this year having previously been a principal for just over four years at 8 Rivers Capital, an energy, sustainability, transportation and communications technology developer.

Adams had previously been managing director of technology ventures at energy provider Constellation Energy as part of a nine-yera stint at the company.

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