The founder of the university's spinout commercialisation arm said in a LinkedIn post that she is taking a breather to "regroup".

Former St Louis University executives Kenneth Olliff and Jasmin Patel will lead Boston University’s office of strategy and innovation.

Darren Cooke has been selected as interim chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer at UC Berkeley, taking over from Rich Lyons.

Mairi Gibbs has been appointed CEO of Oxford University Innovation permanently, having led the tech transfer office in an interim capacity since April.

Azade Hosseini will lead the NYU Innovation Venture Fund investing in life sciences and healthcare spinouts.

After serving three years as the head of the technology transfer and innovation office, Pesqueira has accepted a new position as an intellectual property strategy and protection specialist at Boeing.

The university’s new unit, which includes incubator, startup fund and brain trust, will be led by assistant vice president Joshua Espinosa.

James Chan, who holds a similar position at other funds, has joined the investment firm affiliated with the University of California.

Mark Arnold has been hired as an associate vice president at University of Texas's commercialisation arm Discovery to Impact.