New Wayra Academy Director. 9 start-ups get third party funding

Telecoms veteran Charmaine Eggberry (pictured) has been appointed as the new Academy Director of Spanish phone company Telefonica’s accelerator programme, Wayra UK. Eggberry has previously held senior marketing roles with Lucent Technologies, RIM and most recently Nokia. “Wayra is an incredibly special and unique accelerator with a clear focus on supporting world class talent as well as world class ideas,” she said. She replaces Ashley Stockwell who has been Guest Director of the UK Academy since 2012.

The announcement came during…