Gwen Melincoff has been senior vice-president of business development at Ireland-based drugs company Shire for more than eight years.
Month: November 2012
2012 Powerlist: Amit Mehta, Tata
He joined Tata in February 2008 to assist with the Jaguar Land Rover acquisition and advises on India entry strategies for European portfolio companies.
2012 Powerlist: John McIntyre, Citrix
John McIntyre, managing director of Citrix Startup Accelerator for the US-based computer group, has seen some early success in the first two years of the seed fund. In March, Symantec agreed to buy Citrix portfolio company Nukona just six months after its funding round, while Drumbi effectively exited the accelerator with a $2m series A… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: John McIntyre, Citrix
2012 Powerlist: Graeme Martin, Takeda
Takeda Ventures has invested $50m in 18 companies, four of which have been acquired while 13 are strategically active.
2012 Powerlist: Nino Marakovic, SAP
At SAP Ventures, Marakovic has overseen the growth of the corporate venturing unit with the launch of a dedicated $350m fund last year.
2012 Powerlist: Loic Lietar, STNewVentures
Loic Lietar founded the corporate venturing unit of STMicroelectronics last year alongside Guy Lauvergeon. The two executives are both long-term veterans of the Switzerland-based semiconductor company. Lietar, managing director, said: “Why corporate venturing in ST? This was not the first time the company has thought about a corporate venture initiative – it is the fourth… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Loic Lietar, STNewVentures
2012 Powerlist: Richard Lewis Jones, Centrica
Richard Lewis Jones helped set up the £150m ($250m) British Gas Venture Capital unit three years ago on behalf of UK utility Centrica and its British Gas subsidiary. Lewis Jones manages British Gas’s corporate venturing activities alongside colleague Ashley Smith as part of a team of four. LewisJones previously worked for clean-tech investor Climate Change… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Richard Lewis Jones, Centrica
2012 Powerlist: Dan’l Lewin, Microsoft
Dan’l Lewin’s wealth of experience is probably best summed up by how he worked as an early employee of technology company Apple in 1977, the period when it became the first company to develop the personal computer. Lewin now oversees Microsoft’s BizSpark programme to support start-ups as corporate vice-president. Lewin said: “I was part of… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Dan’l Lewin, Microsoft
2012 Powerlist: Crispin Leick, Innogy
As managing director, Crispin Leick set up Innogy Venture Capital inside Germany-based energy company RWE about three years ago, subsequently spinning it out. The firm secured another investor, alongside RWE’s Innogy unit, in Conetwork Erneuerbare Energien, an investment company of the Bankhaus Lampe Group specialising in renewable energy, in November last year. Leick said the… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Crispin Leick, Innogy
2012 Powerlist: David Leftley, Vodafone
David Leftley has headed UK-based mobile provider Vodafone’s regional corporate venturing unit for more than three years. As head of venture capital in Europe for Vodafone Ventures, which also invests in the US from its office in Silicon Valley, Leftley has seen an increase in the team’s activity. Although Vodafone Ventures’ fund has been active… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: David Leftley, Vodafone
2012 Powerlist: David Lawson, P&G
David Lawson, a 21-year veteran of US-based consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G), is not a corporate venturing executive, but through his role scouting out relationships in Silicon Valley his job serves a similar function for establishing contact without making investments. Lawson, open innovation manager at P&G, which usually takes only minority investments as… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: David Lawson, P&G
2012 Powerlist: Ron Laufer, MedImmune
Laufer was a co-founder of Lilly Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of drugs peer Eli Lilly, and later a managing director at Visium Asset Management, a healthcare-focused investment firm.
2012 Powerlist: Rachel Lam, Time Warner
Her unit has been investing in early to mid-stage companies that generate strategic value for Time Warner.
2012 Powerlist: Toshihiko Kusakabe, Presidio
Toshihiko Kusakabe became the chief executive of the corporate venturing unit of Japan-based conglomerate Sumitomo and its subsidiaries, including Sumisho Computer Systems, nearly three years ago. He has spent nearly 25 years employed by Sumitomo. Kusakabe first joined Presidio Ventures’ Silicon Valley office in 2003, five years after its launch. He is one of 10… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Toshihiko Kusakabe, Presidio