Rumi Morales, head of CME Group unit CME Ventures from 2013 to 2017, has joined blockchain-focused Outlier Ventures as a partner.

Cory Steffek, a US-based managing director for Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, has taken an MD role at private equity investment platform Ara.

David Paterson, once the director of tech transfer at Pennsylvania State University, has rejoined the academic world by accepting a position as assistant vice-president at CSU.

Michael McQuade will become vice-president for research at Carnegie Mellon in January 2019 after six years as a trustee for the university.

Oshri Kaplan, formerly venture partner at Silicon Foundry until June , has taken an investment director position at Munich Re/HSB Ventures.

Susana Quintana-Plaza, formerly a partner at Siemens' Next47 vehicle after seven years at Eon, has left the unit.

Nobutake Suzuki, former partner at Global Brain, has returned to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group as a managing director.

Tracy Saxton, formerly of Roche Venture Fund and Pivotal BioVenture Partners, has joined Frazier Healthcare Partners as an entrepreneur-in-residence.

Jennifer Xuan Li has moved from an investment position at Baidu to a similar post at SenseTime, which is becoming increasingly active in corporate venturing.

Heather Preston, formerly managing director at TPG Biotech, has taken a managing partner position at Nan Fung-backed Pivotal BioVenture Partners.