Stephen Caddick, the vice provost for enterprise at University College London is to become Director of Innovations at the Wellcome Trust, succeeding Ted Bianco who will retire later in 2015. Professor Caddick has led UCL’s strategy for enterprise and innovation including developing proposals for a second campus in east London. He is Vernon Professor of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology and previously headed up the university’s chemistry department.
The Wellcome Trust announced the appointment on 17 February 2015.