Jonathan Charles has been promoted from principal to director at Samsung Catalyst Fund, having initially joined the vehicle in 2013.

Engie New Ventures alumnus Giovanni Ravina, became chief innovation officer for another Engie subsidiary, Engie EPS, in January this year.

Stephen Larter has become Calgary’s associate vice-president for research and innovation, adding to his duties as chief scientist of the university’s CDL-Rockies accelerator for energy startups.

Jenny Wu, a managing partner who helped set up Baidu Capital for internet group Baidu in 2016, departed at the end of 2018 to take up a chief investment officer role at New Hope Group.

Hiren Majmudar, a 25-year Intel veteran and a vice-president at Intel Capital, has moved on to Intel Capital’s portfolio company SiFive.

Charles Conn and Patrick Pichette will join Oxford Sciences Innovation to become chief executive and chairman, respectively, with founder Dave Norwood retiring.

Ian Folau, a co-founder and former CEO of GitLinks, has been hired by the recently launched LMI Ventures as a managing director.

Matthew Mead has resurfaced at Mobeus Equity Partners as a venture partner ten months after stepping down as chief investment officer of Mercia Technologies.

Robert Haché will end his tenure as vice-president of research and innovation at York University to lead Laurentian University from July.

Vikram Jandhyala is standing down as executive director of University of Washington’s CoMotion but will remain with the university in other capacities.