Former AbbVie Ventures director and life sciences specialist Jay Cui has taken up a principal position at Abingworth.

Q&A with Girish Nadkarni, president, TotalEnergies Ventures

Q&A with Will Geiger & Brett Kadesh, principals, Touchdown Ventures

Raghupathy “Siva” Sivakumar has been appointed as the university’s inaugural vice-president of commercialisation and chief commercialisation officer.

Q&A with William Taranto, president, Merck Global Health Innovation (GHI) Fund, and vice-president, Merck Global Health Innovation Group

Q&A with Jay Crone and Jon Wolkin, directors, Telus Ventures

Q&A with Alokik Advani, managing partner, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures (FISV)

François Hédé has taken over as president of Linksium, succeeding Gilles Talbotier who had led the tech transfer organisation for six years.

Q&A with Phoebe Wang, principal, Shell Ventures

The tech entrepreneur has been hired as senior partner as the Sistema corporate venturing unit gears up to launch its second fund.