Skye Henderson has taken an investment manager role at Cowles' corporate venturing arm, which has so far put $85m into local companies.

US-based media conglomerate Cowles has promoted corporate controller Skye Henderson to investment manager at its corporate venture capital (CVC) unit, Cowles Ventures.

Steve Rector, chief financial officer at Cowles, has run the CVC unit, which has invested about $85m over the past eight years, across 28 companies in the western United States.

Henderson joined Cowles in late 2018, and his corporate controller position will be filled by Tom Brajcich, who has served as the company’s print media controller since early…

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.