Dr. Graham Love:

I do not know, but I stress that this is not uncommon. I apologise if I am going back to it, but, having ten years experience of seeking research funding and innovation, it is not uncommon. In fact, it happens quite regularly that individual researchers who have got to the point where they have some intellectual property which their home institution wishes to exploit for the good of the institution and people involved in the area find themselves in management positions. There is a potential conflict of interest which they openly declare and that it is managed by an exception process in the institution. This process often involves the person concerned stepping to the side and another senior person stepping into the decision-making process-----