Aedhmar Hynes, former CEO of digital communications agency Text100, will join IP Group as an independent director on August 1.

Laura Schoppe, founder of tech transfer consultancy Fuentek, will chair the board of Autm Foundation, which builds awareness and support for initiatives run by Autm.

David Owens will succeed Robert Grajewski as executive director of Vanderbilt University’s Wond’ry innovation and entrepreneurship center on July 1.

Crystal Amber could move to replace the board with a single appointee to drive through divestments, having already forced the resignation of former CEO Jill Smith.

Comcast's corporate venturing arm has expanded its investment team with three principals: Fatima Husain, Adam Spivack and Sheena Jindal.

Leanna Read, appointed South Australia’s chief scientist in 2014, has joined Uniseed as an independent board member.

SoftBank has selected four senior management members – Chris Cooper, Patricia Menendez-Cambo, Francisco Sorrentino and Lee Bocker – for its Latin America Fund, SBGI subsidiary and new entity SoftBank Tech Hub.

Allied Minds chief executive Jill Smith has seemingly been forced from her position under pressure from activist investor Crystal Amber.

Erin Keller, formerly a senior associate at Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley, has joined Toyota AI Ventures in a similar role.

Jay Schrankler will head up UChicago's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation from August 1, joining from University of Minnesota's OTC.