Andy Naylor has left Nottingham Technology Ventures after five years as chief executive to become an investment director for Northern Gritstone.

Alexis Dormandy has reportedly been “forced out” and left the university venture fund shortly before Christmas.

David Russell, an executive-in-residence at Oxford’s Saïd Business School, has been appointed chief executive of PraxisAuril, following in the footsteps of Maxine Ficarra.

Marty Reid, director of SETsquared Bristol and Engine Shed, will step up as interim executive director of SETsquared next month.

Grace Wang is leaving Ohio State University after two years to become president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Michael Connallon Jr is the new chairman of the Rowan Innovation Venture Fund, the freshly topped up venture capital arm of Rowan University.

Mart Maasik is the head of University of Tartu’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre, but will also remain head of UniTartu Ventures.

Bonnie Bachmann, an economics professor focused on innovation and entrepreneurship, has joined University of Wisconsin–Madison to serve as the inaugural director of the Technology Entrepreneurship Office (TEO). She most recently worked at Missouri University of Science & Technology since 2007, where she was a professor and director of the I-Corps Affiliate Program in the Department […]