James Agnew
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James Agnew is a supervising associate at Simmons & Simmons. He has worked on a range of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters including commercial licensing, collaboration agreements, software protection, settlement...
Dipan Banerjee
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Dipan Banerjee is an Indian Patent Attorney and an Electronics Engineer. He is currently serving as a Patent Attorney at MAERSK, which won the Gold Award for 'Best IP Department Nordics' by Leaders League in 2022 and 2023. Prior to this role, he...
Liam Bedford
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Liam Bedford is a legal director in the Leeds office of Kennedys, and a practicing barrister. His case load is primarily asbestos-related claims litigated in the High Court. Liam has a specialism acting for local authorities on strategic...
Joeri Beetz
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Joeri Beetz, Patent Attorney, Keltie LLP, specialises in patents in the fields of mechanical engineering, physics and control software. Amongst all the different technologies he has been extensively involved in are optical recording, medical...
Alex Bevan
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Alex Bevan is a founder shareholder and technical director of ADR Group, one of the two main UK providers of alternative dispute resolution. He is a director of law firm Bevans which specialises in employment and commercial litigation with an...
James Bolton
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James Bolton is a Chartered Accountant and qualified Insolvency Practitioner with over 30 years’ experience in insurance and reinsurance businesses, focusing on run-off. He joined Quest Group as Director in 2013 and is principally involved in...
Tim Boyce
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Tim Boyce has been involved in contract management for over 20 years. He began his career in the Ministry of Defence holding executive positions in contracts, contracts policy and finance. His industrial career began at Plessey in 1980 after...
Alan Boyd
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Alan Boyd is a partner at D Young & Co. Before he joined the patent law profession, he was a software engineer researcher and research assistant. Alan’s main areas of expertise include computer architectures, embedded systems, digital...
David Brackenbury
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David Brackenbury has been working in the Lloyd’s Market since 1980. A Broker for 26 years, in 2006, David set up David Brackenbury Associates, a consultancy that brings experts in loss adjusting, forensic accounting, audit, compliance and...
Richard Brady
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Richard Brady is a lawyer who has spent many years working in Europe and the Middle East in the legal, financial and insurance arenas. He has a degree from Cambridge College of Teachers (2005) on Teaching English and founded the British Legal...
Eileen Brandenburger
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Eileen Brandenburger, PhD is a European Patent Attorney and Head of Intellectual Property at Recursion and Exscientia, a NASDAQ listed clinical stage AI-driven TechBio company, which is accelerating the development of patient centric medicines by...
Lucinda Bromfield
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Lucinda Bromfield is an employment solicitor at Bevans, specialising in all aspects of employment law and alternative dispute resolution. She has a particular interest in representing clients at mediations and round-table negotiations. She...
Tom Carver
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Tom Carver is a partner at McCarthy Denning. He has broad experience in patent litigation (infringement and validity) in pharmaceuticals, medical and mechanical devices and electronics, including advice concerning threats provisions. Tom...
Richard Cook
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Richard Cook is Managing Director of PICC Solutions. He was previously Head of Technical Adjusting at Charles Taylor Insurance Services and Head of Reinsurance at Xchanging Claims Services. He has over 37 years insurance claims experience in...
Simon Cooper
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Simon Cooper is a Consultant at Ince & Co LLP. He has experience of advising clients in the London and international insurance and reinsurance markets and has extensive experience of acting in large scale disputes in the English Commercial Court...
Olivier Corticchiato
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Olivier Corticchiato is an independent intellectual property consultant. He combines strong international experiences in leading IP teams for major global companies. He was until recently European Patent Attorney and Head of Centre of Competence...
Sarah Cowlishaw
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Sarah Cowlishaw is a Partner at Covington & Burling LLP. She advises clients on a broad range of life sciences matters. She supports innovative pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, diagnostic and technology companies on regulatory,...
Lawrence Cullen
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After a long career at the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO), Dr Lawrence Cullen recently established his own consultancy to provide advice and develop his interests in IP, especially in the role and relevance of SPCs. From 2007 to 2024, Dr...
Anthony D Del Monaco
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Anthony Del Monaco, Partner at Finnegan's, practice involves all facets of intellectual property law in a wide spectrum of technologies. He focuses on patent litigation, primarily before U.S. district courts and the U.S....
Xiaodan Dai
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Ms. DAI joined Madrid Operations Division of WIPO in 2018. In her role as an examiner, she has focused on the examination of international applications, renewals, modifications, corrections, and other related tasks. Additionally, she is dedicated...
Roderick Dirkzwager
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Catherine Dupenloup
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Catherine Dupenloup joined WIPO in 1996 and presently works as a Senior Applications Support Assistant in the Madrid Information and Promotion Division, Madrid Registry, Brands and Designs Sector. Since 2012, she has been the focal point for user...
JoAnna Emery
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JoAnna Emery, CLAS, F.Inst.Pa, is Project Manager, Intellectual Property at atai Life Sciences.Previously, JoAnna was Senior Intellectual Property Paralegal for Cambridge Mechatronics Limitedwhere she was responsible for aiding in the management...
Niels Ersbøll
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Niels Christian Ersbøll is a partner in the EU Antitrust practice, chair of the European Competition practice, and head of the Brussels office. He mainly advises clients on EU competition law in relation to merger control, cartels and...
Nora Fowler
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Nora Fowler, trade mark attorney and counsel with Kilburn & Strode, has over a decade of experience in advising clients and assisting them with the protection of their trade marks and designs. Nora has a particular focus on contentious matters...
Simone Frattasi
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Simone Frattasi is a European Patent Attorney and a Telecom Engineer with a Diploma in IP Business Administration from CEIPI/University of Strasbourg and a PhD in Wireless, Mobile Communications. He is currently serving as the Head of Global IP...
Zeno Frediani
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Zeno Frediani advises clients on UK and EU competition law in relation to merger control, cartels and restrictive practices, abuse of dominance, and private damages claims. He also advises clients on the UK’s investment screening powers for...
Arnaud Gasnier
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Arnaud Gasnier is founder and CEO of Patentopolis BV. With 20 years experience in IP, he has practiced globally in various IP (patents, trademarks) departments and in various leading roles (Patent Attorney, Licensing Associate, Portfolio Manager,...
Richard Gillespie
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Richard Gillespie, European and Irish Patent Attorney and owner of Inventorship, an intellectual property advice and services company, has over fifteen years’ experience in diverse technical fields (such as medical devices, computers,...
Franc Gozalvez
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Rupert Hawke
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Rupert Hawke, founder of Hawke Legal, has a business degree and is a qualified management accountant. He spent the first 10 years of his career working in multi-national business. In 2007 he was appointed Finance Director of Cartwright King...
Guy Hollebon
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Guy Hollebon is a Director of Bevans Solicitors, specialising in all aspects of employment law. He is Head of the Employment Department and senior member of the ADR department. Guy has been an accredited mediator with ADR Group since 2004. He...
Catherine Hurst
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Catherine Hurst BSc(Hons), CIMDip, PgDL, is an independent consultant in the contract and commercial fields. She was formerly a Commercial Manager at BAe Systems, following previous contract/commercial roles with GEC and Siemens. She has...
Anders Isaksson
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Anders Isaksson, is a European Patent Attorney and a European Design Attorney at AWA. He works mainly within the fields of medical devices, electronics and software. He has particular experience in the areas of MedTech, packaging, sportswear...
Xu (Ron) Jiansheng
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Xu Jiansheng (Ron) is a co-founder and senior partner of Sphere Logic Partners (SLP), heading the firm's international and intellectual property practices. He also regularly provides strategic and counseling supports for some of China’s IP...
Brian Kacedon
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Brian Kacedon, Partner at Finnegan and based in New York, is a recognized authority in IP transactions. He has drafted and negotiated hundreds of agreements across all technologies and is designated as a Certified Licensing...
Sharmela Kalmer
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Sharmela Kalmer is a Partner at Gowling WLG (UK) LLP. Sharmela is a trusted advisor to a number of emerging and established innovative technology and life sciences companies operating in a range of sectors, including biotech and medtech. With a...
Julia Kaufmann
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Julia Kaufmann, Partner, Osborne Clarke, advises both national and international companies on all legal matters relating to information technology, data licensing and data privacy law, cyber security, AI, ecommerce, marketing, and digital...
Cathy Lake
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After leaving Oxford University Cathy Lake MA (Oxon) worked for the educational publishers Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. Since 1976, she has worked as a freelance editor, writer and project manager. During the past two decades, she has taken part in,...
Chris Lennon
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Christopher Lennon is the Director of Stone Falcon Corporate and Legal Consulting Ltd – a company that works internationally based in Scotland, UK. Chris has 30 years’ experience within the oil and gas industry – initially working offshore on...
Roger Levitt
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Roger Levitt, LLB, QDR, MCIArb, is a leading business and property mediator and solicitor (non-practising). With over 40 years of legal experience, Roger has extensive knowledge in matters relating to business and property mediation, mediation...
Jane List
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Jane List founded Extract Information Limited, Cambridgeshire, UK, in 2013. Extract Information provides legal and industry focussed patent searching and reporting, IP management support for small companies, and product development consultancy...
Tim May
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Tim is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Finnegan LLP. He has over 20 years’ experience in the field of US patent law, with significant experience counselling clients on software patent matters. Tim currently manages the patent...
Michala Meiselles
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Michala Meiselles is a solicitor in England and Wales specialising in international business law, cross-border transactions and compliance. Starting off her career at Berrymans Lace Mawer, she has since worked in private practice and as in-house...
Amanda Murphy
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Dr. Amanda Murphy is a Partner in Finnegan’s Washington, DC Office and focuses her practice on strategic client counseling, portfolio management, and patent prosecution for a range of clients, including small startup companies, research...
Manoj Nair
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Manoj Nair is a Partner with SVM Contract Consultants. He has over 25 years of professional experience in consulting and training. He advises clients on how to improve their contracts and take preventative steps to reduce claims. He has advised...
Lazarinka Naydenova
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Lazarinka Naydenova, Senior Associate with Arnold Porter, focuses on all aspects of European (EU) competition law, with particular emphasis on merger control proceeding, abuse of dominance, cartel matters, and state aid. Lazarinka joined...
Fred Nicolle
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Fred Nicolle is a UK and European qualified patent attorney (CPA, EPA) at Simmons & Simmons. He has over 15 years experience specialising in patent prosecution and contentious matters for the life sciences sector. He has particular...
Maeve OFlynn
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Maeve O’Flynn is a European and UK patent attorney with more than a decade of in-house experience, having worked at some of the world’s largest multinational corporations in the oil and chemical industries. She has worked for a range of...
Mark Prebble
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Mark Prebble worked for ICI and The BOC Group plc in the UK, and Biogen and SGS in Switzerland during his 21 years as an employed in-house lawyer. He held the positions of General Counsel at SGS and Group Legal Adviser at The BOC Group plc. Since...
Victoria Randall
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Victoria Randall is a chartered UK patent attorney and a European patent attorney. With a background in biomedical sciences, she works with a diverse portfolio of clients, including global pharmaceuticals and start-up biotechnology companies.
Stephen Reese
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Stephen Reese is a partner at Clifford Chance and advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters including patents, trade marks, trade secrets and copyright. Stephen represents and advises a broad range of...
Cara Regan
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Cara Regan is an Associate at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP. She works on patent and trade secret litigation at every stage, from the strategic decision to file a proceeding through appeal. Her experience includes district...
Nicole Reifman
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Nicole Reifman is a partner with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, Chicago where she has gained diverse experience in obtaining, evaluating and enforcing intellectual property. She has experience in all phases of patent preparation and...
Florian Reiling
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Dr Florian Reiling, MBA, has more than 10 years of experience in advising his clients in relation to all matters of intellectual property law. His main focus, however, lies on the commercialisation of IP rights in the Life Science & Healthcare...
Henry Rivero
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Henry Rivero, founder of Riveroconsult has 20+ years extensive experience in the TV & digital media industries having worked within the publisher and technology provider spaces. Across his senior leadership roles at RTL Group, Clypd, HbbTV...
Juan Rodriguez
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Juan Rodriguez is a Senior Legal Officer for the Legal Division of the Madrid Registry at the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) in Geneva. He is an attorney with a law degree from the Universidad de Lima (Peru) and a master’s degree in...
Phillippa Rowe
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Phillippa Rowe, senior partner of independent reinsurance consultants Phillippa Ross & Co., has over 30 years experience of insurance and reinsurance claims in Lloyd’s and the London market and internationally. She began her reinsurance career...
Peter Rudd-Clarke
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Peter Rudd-Clarke specialises in helping businesses navigate regulatory challenges and liability risks, particularly in the life sciences, healthcare and consumer products sectors. Peter advises a range of businesses including medical device...
Helene Russell
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Hélène Russell, founder of The Knowledge Business, is a UK solicitor (non-practising) and specialist in Knowledge, Learning and Innovation. After 8 years in practice, primarily in clinical negligence litigation defence, she has worked as a self-
Victoria Silk
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Victoria Silk is Senior Counsel, Trade Marks – New Category Products for BAT. She is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and in-house Counsel. She qualified in London in 2005 and spent 6 years in-house with ICI paints before becoming Virgin’s...
Alan Simmons
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Alan Simmons LLB (Hons) in Law with French , LLM in International Human Rights Law, RSA CETEFLA. Alan is a highly experienced trainer of legal English who has been working with international lawyers across the globe for nearly 30 years. He shares...
Arun Singh OBE
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Arun Singh (Prof) OBE, FRSA is an international lawyer and consultant to an international law firm. He was formerly a partner and head of commercial law at KPMG Legal and partner at Masons (now Pinsent Masons). Arun has advised on disputes and...
Andy Spurr
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Andy is Head Patent Counsel at Ceres Power, a clean energy technology company developing hydrogen fuel cells and electrolysers. Ceres partners with industry all over the globe to bring its products to market. As such, IP is central to Ceres’...
Yvonne Stone
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Yvonne Stone, Partner, D Young & Co, advises international and domestic clients in all contentious and non-contentious aspects of national and international trade mark, design, copyright and unfair competition law. Her non-contentious experience...
Duncan Strachan
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Duncan Strachan is a Partner at DAC Beachcroft LLP. He specialises in complex and international (re)insurance matters across multiple lines of business. His current caseload advising on major energy losses in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia; ...
Russell Streeter
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Russell Streeter is a Chartered Certified Accountant with over 20 years’ experience in insurance and reinsurance businesses in Europe, the Caribbean and Asia. He joined Quest Group as Associate Director in 2020, with a focus on financial...
Scott Styles
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Scott C. Styles is senior lecturer at the University of Aberdeen Law School. He is Assistant Editor of Daintith and Willoughby, the leading book on UK oil and gas law. He has many years experience of teaching and researching oil and gas law, with...
Mario Subramaniam
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Mario Subramaniam is a Legal Director in the Life Sciences Transactions team at Pinsent Masons. As a former research scientist, he has a passion for the life sciences and has expertise in advising clients on intellectual property, commercial and...
James Suggs
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James is a partner in the intellectual property law firm McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, located in Chicago, where he practices patent law. He prepares and prosecutes patent applications, prepares opinions of counsel, performs patent...
Helen Swaffield
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Helen Swaffield is a practising Barrister with over 25 years’ experience in Commercial and Public Law including commercial contracts and regulation, EU Law, international outsourcing and procurement, competition, franchising, supply and...
Rowena Tolley
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Rowena Tolley, a trade mark partner with Kilburn & Strode. She has almost 20 years of experience helping businesses protect and build value in their brands. She specialises in helping UK-based businesses in their international growth, as well as...
Ewan Townsend
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Ewan Townsend's practice focusses on the commercial transactions involved in the development, exploitation and commercialization of medicinal products, representing many of the world's most sophisticated biotechnology and pharmaceutical...
Leythem Wall
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Leythem Wall is a European and UK patent attorney and litigator specialising in the chemical, consumer products, energy, material, mechanical, medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Prior to founding Oxon IP, he was a Partner in major European and...
Marie Walsh
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Marie Walsh is a European Patent Attorney and Chartered (UK) Patent Attorney with over 25 years of experience in advising clients including start-ups and SME’s to large corporations. She has worked across a number of technology areas and...
Silke Weiss
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Silke Weiss is a fully qualified lawyer with a Master's degree in Intellectual Property from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. She has worked at WIPO since 2008, initially in WIPO's PCT Legal Division before moving to the Hague...
Mark Weston
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Mark Weston has run his own law firm, Weston Legal, since 1 January 2024. He is also a consultant at Hill Dickinson LLP where he joined in February 2016 as a partner and Head of its Commercial, TMT & IP Practice. Before that, he was a partner and...
Tim Whitfield
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Tim Whitfield is a partner with Powell Gilbert LLP. He advises clients in contentious IP matters across all IP rights with a strong focus on patent litigation and strategy, across a wide range of technologies, especially disputes having an...
Ting Zhang
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Ting Zhang is an expert in China's business and investment landscape with over 25 years of experience. Her expertise has been sought after by UK and European governments, businesses and think tanks. As the Founder & CEO of Crayfish.io, she is...