Jim O’Neill, Duncan Johnson and Russell Schofield-Bezer will lead the investment company set up by the universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield.

Patrick Cazeneuve will succeed inaugural president Pierre Dufresne at the regional tech transfer organisation, bringing with him 25 years of expertise.

William Tucker, executive director of InnovationAccess at UC Davis, has retired after nearly two decades with University of California.

Jon Soderstrom will step down as managing director of Yale University’s tech transfer office tomorrow after 25 years in the job.

Chuck Vallurupalli and Preeti Chalsani will serve as senior director and deputy director, respectively, of the quantum accelerator.

Prof Bernd Bickel will be the inaugural vice-president for technology transfer at IST Austria as part of a wider management reshuffle.

Jeff Welch has joined Duke as director of new ventures, while executive director Robin Rasor has been promoted to associate VP.

Augusta University has hired Northwestern’s Michael Moore as director of technology transfer.

Marc Sedam has been appointed vice-president for technology opportunity ventures at NYU Langone Health.

Oxford University Innovation has revealed it launched 37 new companies between April 2020 and March 2021, its best run yet.