Ed Bussey has been hired as chief executive of Oxford Science Enterprises, with Jack Edmondson coming on board as the fund’s first-ever chief investment officer.

Julie Heath is moving on from Indiana Economic Development Corp to become the inaugural executive director of the IU Innovates Hub.

Matt Perkins is stepping down from his position as chief executive of Oxford University Innovation after seven years.

CSIRO-founded deeptech investment fund Main Sequence Ventures has set itself fibres and food as a key area for its venture science model in the third fund.

Wayne Plourde has taken over as director of RIT’s Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office.

Rowan University’s director of technology commercialisation Yatin Karpe will join Texas State University in September.

Jessica Silvaggi has been promoted to president of the UWM Research Foundation as her former boss Brian Thompson moves to UW-Milwaukee as chief innovation and partnership officer.

LSU’s Office of Innovation and Technology Commmercialization has brought in Spencer Rogers as its new director.