– NESTA: The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts is appointing Mike Lynch as the chair of its Investment Committee and Matthew Mead as MD of NESTA Investments. Mike Lynch is the chairman of Autonomy and Matthew Mead was a partner at VC firm 3i. (Emailed release.)
– eRepublik: Toby Rowland is joining the board of the Spain-based social strategy games publisher. He was a founder of casual gaming site King.com and has been VP of marketing for uDate.com. Via TechCrunch.
– T-Mobile: Sam Taylor is leaving his role as head of advertising and sponsorships for the UK mobile operator as part of a marketing department restructure. Via MarketingWeek
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