After a two year stint with Allied Minds, Simon Davidson has moved back to In-Q-Tel as a managing partner.

EPFL-backed Foundation for Technology Innovation has appointed David Kappeler as director and head of investments.

Quentin Compton-Bishop has resigned as CEO of Warwick Ventures, but said he would continue to be involved in university venturing.

The petroleum producer plans to invest $350m in a newly formed unit called Petronas Corporate Venture Capital that will follow a separate $250m fund in July.

SAP has given Ram Jambunathan, already managing director for SAP.iO, the position of head of corporate strategy.

İskender Dirik has taken on a managing director role at Samsung Next following corporate venturing stints at Bauer Media and Microsoft.

Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America has hired Steve Agirman as director of new ventures after four years of corporate venturing at Schneider Electric.

SoftBank has named Ralf Wenzel CEO of Latin American incubator Tech Hub, tasking him with forming alliances and joint ventures with SoftBank Vision Fund portfolio companies.

Newly formed corporate venturing unit Marubeni Ventures has hired Hiroki Eda, formerly of DG Incubation, as managing director.

Meghan Sharp, number two on this year's GCV Rising Stars list, is taking the COO role at Beyond Limits, leaving investor BP Ventures to do so.