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What is your role and what does it involve?

My role as Head of Business and Legal Affairs covers a broad portfolio including providing advice to the rest of the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Business team on intellectual property (IP) and legal issues relating to the commercialisation of research at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº.

I head up a team that is involved in many commercial and academic agreements across ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº covering licenses, consultancy, research contracts, material transfers, confidentiality, companies and collaborations.

How long have you been at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and what was your previous role?

I started working at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº seven years ago as Patent Portfolio Manager in ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Business's predecessor ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº BioMedica. Before that I worked as a patent analyst for a weekly publication called Current Patents.

What working achievement or initiative are you most proud of?

I have been involved in many significant commercial deals such as the recent Bio Bank licence agreement with Becton Dickinson, but the most satisfying deals are those that bring ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº technologies closer to market and maximise the impact of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's research. I strongly believe that the real value in university research lies in the benefit that it brings to the general public.

I am currently working with colleagues on an online material transfer system which will enable scientists to access ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº materials quickly and simply. I hope that this will increase the number of citations of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº publications worldwide as well as generate commercial interest.

What is your life like outside ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº?

I enjoy walking in the countryside, travelling and choral music. I am also interested in the interaction of intellectual property and competition law from an academic perceptive.

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