Colin McLeod will be executive director of the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre, which will be based at the Innovation Precinct when it opens in 2020.

Faisal Rehman has become the latest ex-Deutsche Bank executive to join SoftBank Vision Fund, where he will head Middle Eastern investments.

After taking the role on an interim basis a year ago, Evan Facher is now permanent director of Innovation Institute in addition to vice-chancellor for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Ammar Alkassar, founder and ex-CEO of cybersecurity software provider Sirrix, has been hired as a venture partner at the unit.

Counterpart Ventures has been formed by Patrick Eggen and Joe Saijo, who came from Qualcomm Ventures and Recruit Strategic Partners respectively.

Ex-Geely vice-president Nathan Yu has taken the fourth managing partner position at Nio's strategic investment vehicle.

Philippe Nérin will lead France’s tech transfer association Réseau Satt for one year from September 1.