GCV Powerlist member Thomas Birr is set to leave his role managing Innogy’s innovation activities to perform similar duties at Eon as the energy utilities prepare to merge.

Newly retired Intel Capital managing director Keith Larson discussed how the unit helped to change the corporate venturing landscape and the benefits of syndicating with other investors.

Sally-Ann Williams will leave Google to take the reins at Cicada Innovations, the deeptech accelerator backed by four Australian universities.

Masatoshi Ueno, who was part of GCV's 2017 Powerlist, has departed from Asahi Glass where he had been a senior manager at its AGC Ventures unit for nearly eight years to join Komatsu.

Board director David Cairns will leave Frontier IP in August after almost nine years with the company focused on its portfolio investments.

Piau Voon Wang has joined Legend Capital as managing director and chief operating officer, on the back of earlier appointments at a number of investment firms.

Gil Ahrens, formerly head of venture capital and emerging growth coverage at Wells Fargo Securities, is set to reprise his role at Deutsche Bank.

Rohit Dave, previously senior director and head of M&A at WeWork, has ascended to vice-president and will continue heading M&A activities alongside running its Creator Fund.

The top 25: Jeffrey Li, Tencent Investment

Introduction to the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist 2019 by James Mawson, editor-in-chief