Christian Noske, previously a partner at BMW i Ventures and a double GCV Rising Stars winner for 2016 and 2017, has taken the MD role at Alliance Ventures.

One definition of a Global Corporate Venturing Rising Star is the pace at which they are promoted, and Christian Noske has taken another step up by joining the $1bn corporate venturing fund recently formed by automotive alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi.

Noske has been appointed managing director of Alliance Ventures, which will get 40% of its capitalisation from each of Renault and Nissan, while Mitsubishi will supply the other 20%.

Noske will work alongside François Dossa, chief executive of Nissan Brazil since…