Multi-university-backed incubator Cicada Innovations has lost its chief executive and managing director Petra Andrén, who has decided to spend more time with her family.
Petra Andrén (pictured) has stood down as chief executive and managing director of Cicada Innovations, an Australia-based incubator backed by multiple universities, after almost three years in the post.
Cicada Innovations is a deep tech-focused startup accelerator owned by Australian National University, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
Andrén intends to spend more time with her family overseas following her resignation, according to the Australian.
She started with Cicada in March 2012 as director of strategy and business development, before receiving a promotion to become joint chief executive in 2015 and then securing the leadership in her own right the following year.
Andrén has performed her duties on top of a number of other roles for academic and industry bodies, including an advisory chairwoman appointment at government grant-making body Science and Industry Endowment Fund and a global ambassador…
