Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto appoints new Chief People Officer

Press Release – December 19, 2024 – LONDON – Rio Tinto has appointed Georgie Bezette as its new Chief People Officer, succeeding James Martin, who will retire at the end of this year. Georgie, who joined the organisation in 2008, is currently Chief Operating Officer, People, responsible for the transformation of the People function in support of Rio Tinto’s ambitious cultural change journey. She will … Continue reading Rio Tinto appoints new Chief People Officer

Neophore

Neophore appoints Michael Shih as Chief Executive Officer

NeoPhore appoints Michael Shih as Chief Executive Officer • Highly experienced corporate development leader with a track record of international pharma and biotech deal-making• New CEO to drive growth strategy to maximise the potential of drug discovery pipeline to treat cancer Press Release – London UK, 16 December 2024 â€“ NeoPhore Limited, a small molecule neoantigen immuno-oncology company, today announces the appointment of Michael Shih as … Continue reading Neophore appoints Michael Shih as Chief Executive Officer

NorthStandard

NorthStandard enters strategic offshore wind energy partnership with NIORD

NorthStandard and NIORD have announced a new strategic partnership to build their offshore renewable energy underwriting business.     Press Release – 16 December 2024 NorthStandard and NIORD have announced a new strategic partnership to build their offshore renewable energy underwriting business.     Under an agreement that comes into effect on 1 January 2025, global marine insurer NorthStandard will provide US$30M in additional capacity to insure fixed and … Continue reading NorthStandard enters strategic offshore wind energy partnership with NIORD

SymphonyAI

AI-Based Innovations Propel Retail Profitability and Sustainability, Research Finds

Top Retailers Boost Profits 39% and Cut Carbon Intensity 21% Over Five Years, Fueled by AI and Connected Retail Advancements Press Release – December 11, 2024 – LONDON & PALO ALTO, Calif. – Retail Economics, an independent economics research consultancy focused on the consumer and retail industry, and SymphonyAI, a leader in predictive and generative AI SaaS products for the enterprise, today released results of new … Continue reading AI-Based Innovations Propel Retail Profitability and Sustainability, Research Finds

pwc

PwC, AWS Expand Strategic Alliance to Catalyze Generative-AI powered Transformation for Industry Customers

Collaboration will leverage new Amazon Bedrock Guardrails Automated Reasoning checks, announced today at AWS re:Invent Press Release – December 03, 2024 Las Vegas 3 Dec 2024 – As part of its presence at re:Invent, PwC today announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help drive industry innovation using the latest advancements in cloud and generative AI (GenAI) services. The collaboration will … Continue reading PwC, AWS Expand Strategic Alliance to Catalyze Generative-AI powered Transformation for Industry Customers

Biotangents

Biotangents Set to Revolutionise Dairy Farming Industry as Investment Round Announced

Press Release – November 28, 2024 – EDINBURGH, Scotland – Technology developed by Scottish biotech Biotangents, which has announced its latest investment round, is set to revolutionise the dairy farming industry with the world’s fastest on-farm, point-of-care diagnostic device aimed at addressing disease in dairy cows. Bovine mastitis alone is estimated to cost the global dairy farming industry around £20 billion every year, costing the average … Continue reading Biotangents Set to Revolutionise Dairy Farming Industry as Investment Round Announced

Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto and GravitHy join forces to accelerate the decarbonisation of steelmaking in Europe

Press Release – November 15, 2024 – LONDON – Rio Tinto has entered into definitive agreements with GravitHy, an early-stage industrial company, to help accelerate GravitHy’s steel decarbonisation project in France. As part of this collaboration, Rio Tinto will supply high-grade direct reduction iron ore pellets from its Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) operations to GravitHy’s planned operation, as well as manage the sales … Continue reading Rio Tinto and GravitHy join forces to accelerate the decarbonisation of steelmaking in Europe

Arbolus

Arbolus Closes $20 Million Series B to Fund U.S. Growth

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arbolus, the expert insights platform, has closed on a $20 million growth equity investment led by Kayne Anderson Partners Fund V, which is being sub-advised by Composition Capital, a Los Angeles-based growth stage technology investor. With this new investment, Arbolus is primed to reinforce its position as the leading disruptor in the expert insights industry, with a mission of making human knowledge digital and … Continue reading Arbolus Closes $20 Million Series B to Fund U.S. Growth

Wayve

Automotive Industry Specialist Max Warburton Joins Wayve as CFO

Wayve appoints Max Warburton, former Advisor to the Management Board and Head of Special Projects at Mercedes-Benz, as CFO to drive the company’s next phase of global growth Press Release – November 12, 2024 – LONDON – Wayve, a pioneer in Embodied AI for automotive, is pleased to announce the appointment of Max Warburton as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). With over 25 years of expertise … Continue reading Automotive Industry Specialist Max Warburton Joins Wayve as CFO