University of Waikato recruits Callaghan Innovation’s Florian Spoerl

Florian Spoerl has been hired by the University of Waikato as its new director of commercial and business partnerships. He will join the institution in mid-January.

Spoerl has been the chief product officer at Callaghan Innovation since March, having worked for the commercialisation organisation since 2019. Callaghan Innovation is being wound down in a major shake-up of New Zealand’s technology transfer policy.

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