Attracting and Retaining Staff in the post-pandemic era

Richard Lucas, StreamlineIP

Richard Lucas will moderate the panel. Richard Lucas is the Managing Director of StreamlineIP. His practice helps the leaders of IP firms and in-house IP teams with business strategy and enabling digital transformation. He has over 20 years’ experience in IP with a wealth of knowledge about the IP and legal market, software vendors and service providers. He is passionate about the use of leading technology to transform the IP business and create strategic advantage over competitors.  Recently he studied AI Strategy at US Berkeley School of Information and Blockchain at UCL. He built a professional services company from 25 to 350 people before floating this on the stock exchange and has a background in investment banking.

Catherine French, Sacco Mann recruitment

Sacco Mann’s IP Division, headed by Catherine French, is one of the largest recruitment teams in the sector and acts for Patent and Trade Mark practices, in-house Legal and IP departments, and IP teams within Law Firms. Clients come back to us time and time again because we proactively work with them to plan ahead and add tangible value to their businesses, as well as to the careers of the employees within them.

Chris Braganza, Sheridans

Chris Braganza is a Partner in the Employment and Business Immigration Group at Sheridans in London.

Chris acts for a number of blue-chip clients across a range of sectors, including professional and financial services, service providers, the Diplomatic Corps, traditional and new media, and sport.

Chris is particularly noted for his track record in high-value, sensitive disputes.

Nash Imam, Ocado

Nash Imam started his career with eight years in industry as an engineer and project manager. This led to him being named inventor on multiple patents and his interest in IP. He spent 16 years in a private practice firm, which included his promotion to partner in 2010. Nash joined Ocado in 2020 where he was quickly promoted to lead the New Developments team, managing three patent attorneys. Nash is an active member of CIPA Council and is one of the few patent attorneys to hold an MBA.

Claire Tanner, Gill Jennings Every’s

Gill Jennings & Every LLP (GJE) is a leading European intellectual property firm based in London and Munich and has over 100 employees. Claire is responsible for the management of the human resources department.  Her role covers everything from remuneration through to policy development and employee engagement. She works closely with the practice groups and business support departments to continue to ensure that GJE is a great place to work. Claire has a background in HR in professional services, joining GJE in 2006.