Keith Cowan, previously president of Sprint, has taken the place of Mark Kaiser as chief executive at corporate venturing services provider Venadar, where he was already chairman.

US-based corporate venturing advisory firm Venadar has appointed its chairman, Keith Cowan, as chief executive.

Cowan has replaced Mark Kaiser, Vendar’s founder, who will remain in the firm as vice-chairman and adviser.

Founded in 2005, Venadar has helped more than 40 corporate clients to conduct corporate venturing through strategic and transactional advice.

Cowan has been CEO of strategic advisory firm Cowan Consulting since 2013, having come from telecommunications and internet conglomerate SoftBank’s US-based telecommunications business, Sprint, where he was president…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.