Susan Searle, former chief executive of Imperial Innovations, joins the board of UK-listed defence development group Qinetiq.

Susan Searle, former chief executive of Imperial Innovations Group from 2002 to July 2013, has this month joined the board of UK-listed defence development group Qinetiq.

Qinetiq was spun out from the UK government’s defence ministry where it had been responsible for developing and commercialising its intellectual property. In turn, Searle brings more than 20 years’ experience around the world of international university commercialisation after she took the technology transfer office (TTO) of UK university Imperial College London (ICL) to listing…