Greaves Brewster LLP, Indigo House, Cheddar Business Park, Wedmore Road, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3EB. Aged 43.

Professional career: 1988-1989 Urquhart-Dykes & Lord, London; 1989-1991 Keith W Nash & Co, Cambridge; 1991-1993 Dibb Lupton Broomhead (solicitors), Leeds; 1993-1999 Mewburn Ellis, Bristol; 1999-present Greaves Brewster LLP (formerly C P Greaves & Co): co-founder of the current partnership.

Papers or articles: Two articles in the CIPA Journal (2009 and 2010), on written communication skills.

Services to the Institute: Author of the “Business Practice” chapter in the recent update of CIPA’s Patents Training Manual. Organising and chairing CPD seminars for CIPA members in the West of England and Wales, 2007 to date.

Meetings attended:
2008-9: OGMs 1 of 10; Committees N/A; Council N/A
2009-10: OGMs 2 of 9; Committees N/A; Council N/A

Services to the profession outside the Institute: Involvement in IPO IP awareness campaigns such as “What is the Key?”.

Other relevant information: If I’m elected onto Council, I will speak up for attorneys practising in smaller firms, for those practising outside of London and for those who (whether male or female, and for whatever reasons) seek a better balance between their professional and their personal lives. I am interested in joining the Business Practice Committee, to which I would bring experience of both large and small patent practices. I also hope to continue my work organising CPD and perhaps less formal events for attorneys outside London. Another of my aims is to strengthen communication between the Institute and its members, from students up to owner/managers and including both in-house and private practice attorneys. Several of my colleagues have worked in industry, and from this and the “overload” work which we do for industrial patent departments I can gain an insight into the issues faced on both sides of the profession.