EY has appointed Dr. Philip Intallura as Partner, Global Quantum Leader. Dr. Intallura previously led the quantum technology program at HSBC, overseeing its transition from exploratory research into operational and strategic banking workflows. In his new role at EY, he will lead the firm’s global quantum practice, focusing on enterprise quantum-safe migration, risk advisory, and application pilots across financial services and regulated industries. The announcement is available here.
Zapata Quantum has appointed MIT mathematician Dr. Peter Shor to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), alongside Dr. Simon Devitt (Director of the Centre for Quantum Software and Information at the University of Technology Sydney), Dr. Artur Izmaylov (Professor of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry at the University of Toronto), and Dr. Alexandru Paler (Associate Professor of Computer Science at Aalto University). They join existing board members Dr. Austin Fowler, Dr. Jeff Grover, and Dr. Alireza Shabani to guide Zapata’s technical roadmap and algorithm development for its Quantum Pilot™ platform. The full press release can be found here.
IQM Quantum Computers has appointed Dr. Voica Radescu as Director of Commercial Partnerships. Dr. Radescu brings extensive deep-tech commercialization and research experience, having spent nearly a decade at IBM, where she led IBM Quantum Innovation Centers across the EMEA and APAC regions. At IQM, she will drive commercial alliances and deployment strategies across Europe and international markets for the company’s on-premises and cloud-accessible quantum systems. Her announcement post can be viewed here.
Sparrow Quantum has appointed its founder and former Chief Quantum Officer, Professor Peter Lodahl, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He succeeds Kurt Stokbro, who led the company through its initial commercial scale-up and will continue to serve as an Executive Advisor and member of the Board of Directors. As the company focuses on advancing its deterministic single-photon hardware toward fault-tolerant photonic architectures and quantum interconnects, Sparrow has also inaugurated a Scientific Advisory Board, featuring founding member Professor Mark Saffman. The complete announcement is available here.
Symmatrics has appointed veteran national security and intelligence executive Andrew Hallman to its Strategic Advisory Board. Hallman brings more than 30 years of intelligence community leadership, having previously served as Principal Executive performing the duties of Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence at the ODNI, Deputy Director of the CIA for Digital Innovation, and currently Vice President at Leidos. In his advisory capacity, Hallman will support Symmatrics’ strategy in delivering One-Time Pad Symmetric Key encryption across defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure sectors. The official release is accessible here.
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