Distinct roles for business development and CVC investor professionals was one of the ideas floated at a discussion on innovation plays and CVC's impact.
Separating business partnership personnel from the rest of the CVC team is one route to ensuring innovation strategy responds to the priorities of the corporate’s client base, according to Lisa Lambert, chief technology and innovation officer at National Grid Partners, the corporate venturing arm of energy supplier National Grid.
Deploying investors alongside business development could mean conflating deal sourcing with other strategic priorities, which in National Grid’s case included liaising across different operational units in energy segments such as…
