IBM United Kingdom Limited, Intellectual Property Law Department, Hursley Park, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 2JN. Aged 59.

BSc, PhD (Exeter); CPA; EPA; RTMA; CChem MRSC, Registered 1984

Professional career: Joined Beecham Pharmaceuticals in 1979 as a trainee, moved to ICI Fibres in Harrogate in 1984. Joined IBM United Kingdom Limited in 1986, became a manager in the UK department in 1990, head of the UK department in 1999, and head of the European IP Law group in 2003; in January 2010 stood down from the European role to focus on the UK department and on European IP strategy and policy up until retirement in March 2011.

Services to Institute: Member of the Patents Committee 1993 to present, Tutor for UK Advanced Papers on occasions. Examiner for Certificate in Patent Administration 2000 to 2005. Contributor to European Patents Handbook for many years.

Meetings attended:
2008-9: OGMs 0 of 10; Committees 7 of 7; Council N/A
2009-10: OGMs 0 of 9; Committees 6 of 6; Council N/A

Services to the profession outside the Institute: Member of EPI Council 1993 to 1999 (substitute member) 1999 to present (full member). EPI EPPC member including as secretary 1993 to 1999, EPI OCC (secretary and then chairman) 1999 to present. Examiner for Paper D of the EQE from 1989 to present. Member of TMPDF Patents Committee 1993 to 1999, Member of TMPDF Council 1999 to present, President 2008 to 2010. SACEPO industry representative 2001 to present. Numerous presentations on various aspects of IP at conferences and seminars. Reviewing papers for SABIP and for EPO Patent Statistics meetings. Member of UK-IPO focus group on European patents.

Other relevant information: The formation of IPReg and the change of regulation of the Institute have highlighted the differences between industry and private practice members and has increased the risk that CIPA may lose industry members; hopefully I can contribute towards keeping CIPA relevant for industry members. I am also concerned that the CPD regime now in force will make being registered unattractive to industry members and lone practitioners; anything I can do to ensure CPD is useful and not onerous must be worth pursuing. I would also like to try and build a productive relationship between members of our profession and the economists studying IP in the hope that good-quality economic research may be carried out.