Science Advisor Appointment

RNS Number : 0572D

Tekcapital plc

05 October 2018

 

Tekcapital plc

("Tekcapital" or the "Company")

Science Advisor Appointment

Tekcapital plc, (AIM: TEK) the UK intellectual property investment group focused on creating marketplace value from university technology, announces that Juan A. Hurtado has joined its science advisory board as a technology and innovation advisor.

USAF Lt Col (Ret) Hurtado has an extensive track record in leading technology and driving innovation. He previously served as the Science and Technology Advisor and Deputy Director, Technology, Innovation and Solutions for the U.S. Southern Command, Department of Defense, and with the U.S. Air Force where he managed research and discoveries for a number of significant technology centers.

Clifford M. Gross Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Tekcapital plc commented:

"We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Juan A. Hurtado as a technology and innovation adviser and we are enthusiastic to have him work on our business development efforts in the US and Latin America. His experience with winning and managing complex technology programs should enhance Tekcapital's corporate and governmental outreach efforts. "

For further information, please contact:

Tekcapital plc Clifford M Gross, Ph.D.		Via Walbrook PR
finnCap Ltd (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)		[phone]
Geoff Nash (Corporate Finance)
Max Bullen-Smith (Corporate Finance)
Camille Gochez (ECM)
Novum Securities (Joint Broker) Colin Rowbury	[phone]
Walbrook PR Ltd	[phone]
Paul Cornelius / Nick Rome / Sam Allen			[e-mail]

Tekcapital plc - The World's Largest University Network for Open Innovation

Tekcapital's objective is to create value from investing in new, university-developed intellectual properties. Additionally, using its proprietary discovery search engine, linked to 4,500+ universities in 160 countries, coupled with expert scientific review, Tekcapital provides a range of IP investment services to make it easy for organisations to find, evaluate, acquire and license university-developed technology. Tekcapital plc is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: symbol TEK) and is headquartered in Oxford, in the UK. For more information, please visit www.tekcapital.com

 

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