Neil Sharkey, vice-president for research at Penn State University, will retire on June 30, with a national search for a replacement launching immediately.

Sumit Jain has taken on a managing partner job at Sistema’s Asia Fund on the back of nine years at Kalaari Capital which included a role in seeding two VC funds.

Jim Brisimitzis has left his role heading Microsoft for Startups to become a managing partner at venture capital firm and accelerator Quake Capital.

Cengiz Tarhan will step down from his role as managing director of UCL Business at the end of this month, 25 years after he established tech transfer office.

Peter Berg, who helped set up Visa Ventures during his stint at the corporate, is Very Good Security's new vice-president of business development and strategy.

Ben Soffer will stand down as managing director of Technion Technology Transfer after 13 years in charge.

Christoph Lymbersky, a partner at corporate venturing unit M2P Venture & Capital Partners, has co-founded investment bank Global Ventures.

Jens Schulte, who oversaw corporate venturing at PostFinance, has been promoted to head of M&A for its parent company, Swiss Post.

Christopher Bartlett, formerly managing director at Morgan Stanley, has become head of Verizon’s corporate venturing arm.

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