Brian Walsh, founder and ex-CEO of livestock sensor developer Vital Herd, will direct Konica Minolta's innovation strategy and venture development in North America.

The leadership society will serve as a vehicle to connect corporate venturing units to contacts within the governments of countries in which CVCs wish to invest, and will also act as a local contact point for nascent corporate venturing networks.

Osage University Partners has appointed John Lee, who has been at the spinout-focused venture fund since 2012, to principal.

Intel Capital director Tobi Oke has left the unit to help launch Nigeria-based accelerator and venture firm V8 Ventures as one of its two founding partners.

Philipp Ulbrich is the new head of Eon Strategic Co-Investments, as Susana Quintana-Plaza departs for Siemens.

Joshua Agusta had joined MDI Ventures in 2015 as an investment associate before being promoted last year to be head of its Indigo incubator?.

Graeme Martin, a member of the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist last year, will leave Takeda Ventures in March and will hand over the reins to Michael Martin.

Rowan Chapman has left her position as managing director of new business creation and healthcare investing at GE Ventures to run J&J Innovation's California team.

Debbie Brackeen has taken the chief strategy and innovation officer role at insurance provider CSAA and will focus on activity in mobility, dwelling and the sharing economy.

Goldberg had been managing director and vice-president at Time Warner (TW) Investments, the corporate venturing unit of the US-listed media group, since 2001.