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We remember George Shultz, former University of Chicago Booth School of Business professor and dean.

James Wilkie has retired after 14 years of heading University of Birmingham Enterprise.

Christine Karslake is set to lead UChicago’s Polsky Science Ventures unit and will be tasked with setting up a deep tech-focused accelerator.

Allied Minds will henceforth operate without a chief executive after Joseph Pignato announced his decision to resign.

Leigh Brody and Dominik Leisi have joined Albion Capital to work on the life science investment team for UCL Technology Fund.

Former senior sales director Darren Winter has joined Frontier IP to support its portfolio companies with fundraising.

Tony Raven, CEO of Cambridge Enterprise and a GUV Lifetime Achievement awardee, will step down by the end of next year.

Koenraad Debackere, managing director, KU Leuven Research and Development, and chairman, Gemma Frisius Fund has received the GUV Lifetime Achievement Award 2019

Put in the driving seat of Oxford University Innovation’s new social enterprise campaign, Mark Mann – this year’s Personality of the Year – surely has one of the most fascinating jobs in academic tech transfer.

The top 25: Jim Wilkinson, CFO, Oxford Sciences Innovation