Colin McLeod will be executive director of the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre, which will be based at the Innovation Precinct when it opens in 2020.

University of Melbourne has promoted Colin McLeod (pictured), director of its Master of Entrepreneurship program, to lead the newly established Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre (MEC) as executive director.

MEC will act as the umbrella for Melbourne’s two startup accelerators, Melbourne Accelerator Program and Translating Research at Melbourne, in partnership with the university’s Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship.

All three entities will share offices at Melbourne’s Innovation Precinct when the facility opens in 2020.

Melbourne expects MEC to also oversee new initiatives and…