Schuder joins the computing company after leading AMD Ventures, where he led 13 investments including backing video collaboration business ViVu and mobile photo editor Aviary.

Mark Crowell, an academic innovation and business development expert whose work has helped launch over 135 startups, has been appointed vice-president of innovation and economic development at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Oxford University's commercialisation company, Isis Innovation, has appointed UK trademark and patent attorney Barker Brettell to its patent application panel.

William Rosenzweig of Unilever-backed VC firm Physic Ventures is set to oversee a business school at The Culinary Institute of America.

Telus and BBVA-backed Taulia has named Cedric Bru as its new chief executive.

Tee Pruitt will act as an investment manager at Santander InnoVentures Fund, set up last year to invest along the fintech spectrum.

Rob Rosenberg, an alum of Lucent Technologies and corporate spin-out specialist New Venture Partners, has joined eye test technology developer EyeNetra.