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Anne Knell, MA, FCIPD Anne is a partner in Newways 90, an HR consultancy offering a broad range of personnel advice and support to clients in all sectors of business. She was previously with Arthur Andersen working with clients on HR and employment law related issues. She gained her personnel experience at Morphy-Richards and Cheseborough-Ponds and also headed up the courses department for the National Institute of Industrial Psychology. She is the executive editor of Gee’s Personnel Manager’s Factbook and the Reward and Recognition Handbook.

Arun Singh OBE, is an international lawyer at Grundberg Mocatta and Rakison LLP he was formerly a partner and Head of Commercial Law at KPMG Legal. Arun is cited and ranked in Chambers Guide of the World’s Leading Lawyers. He concentrates on international investment, joint ventures, licensing of technology, research and development, M&A, energy, outsourcing and corporate governance in developed and emerging markets (including Asia and the Middle East), and also handles international legal risk management matters. He advises a range of international organisations.

Barrie Pearson is Chief Executive of Realization. The company provides world class coaching and mentoring to entrepreneurs and chief executives in wealth creation and personal development. He is the author of 12 books, and has presented many successful seminars on corporate finance in the UK, Europe, New Zealand and the Far East.

Ben Thomas is a Supervising Associate at Simmons & Simmons. He has experience of working across a range of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters, with a focus on patent and supplementary protection certificate litigation. Assisted by his strong technical background in biochemistry, Ben has a particular interest in the life sciences sector. He has acted for clients in a wide variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, vaccines and medical devices, TMT and consumer goods (e.g. laundry detergents, vaping devices).

Ben Ogden is a partner at Ince & Co. He joined the partnership in 2002 and is a member of the firm’s insurance practice specialising in contentious matters. Ben heads up the Alternative Dispute Resolution Group in the firm and regularly mediates claims as an alternative to trial or arbitration. He advises on a wide variety of insurance claims both for and against insurers, and had regularly acted in professional indemnity matters.

Carol Searle is a partner in the Insurance and Reinsurance Group of Ince & Co in London. She has experience in advising on disputes arising out of political risk, financial institutions liability and reinsurance policies in both Court and arbitration. She has handled numerous claims (investment and trade) emanating from emerging markets under a variety of political risk policies including expropriation, contract frustration and trade credit. She has been involved in reviewing political risk and trade credit policy wordings. Carol has experience in advising on complex reinsurance claims on is

Catherine Hurst is an independent commercial consultant and trainer. She was formerly a Commercial Manager at BAe Systems, following previous contract and commercial roles with GEC and Siemens, and has extensive practical experience of contract management, contract negotiation, commercial risk management and bid management. She is a highly experienced and a very popular trainer

Cathy Lake MA (Oxon). After leaving Oxford University Cathy Lake worked for the educational publishers Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. During the past two decades, she has taken part in, and also managed, almost every aspect of the publishing process. She has worked for most of the major national publishers and has written about 40 training manuals and textbooks, mainly on management and health-related topics.

Chris Milton is a partner at JA Kemp. He has experience of patent work in all aspects of chemistry, including pharmaceuticals, drug formulations, polymers and catalysts. He has particular expertise in the field of respiratory medicine. Chris works with a variety of clients, from universities and start-up companies to large multi-national corporations. He handles drafting of new patent applications, particularly in the pharmaceutical and polymer fields, and subsequent prosecution of patent applications at the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office (EPO).

Christopher Foster is a partner at Herbert Smith in the insurance and reinsurance litigation and arbitration group, and is a solicitor advocate. Chris has advised members of the market on a wide variety of reinsurance issues, including relating to losses arising out of the Japanese earthquake, 9/11, the invasion of Kuwait, Enron, the Exxon Valdez, Hurricane Katrina, volcanic ash, asbestos and pollution. He is recommended in Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, and is named in the United Kingdom section of The Euromoney Guide to the World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers and the Inte

Clive Douglas is a consulting commercial and life sciences lawyer and until recently he was General Counsel European Licensing & Transactions with Teva Pharmaceuticals, where he worked for 12 years. Clive handles a wide range of pharma-related commercial and corporate transactions, including IP, licensing, development, manufacturing, supply and distribution arrangements. Clive has previously held in-house commercial/corporate legal roles in telecommunications and property investment businesses and also has substantial law firm experience specialising in commercial, IT/telecoms and property law

Daniel Pavin is a partner in the Corporate Practice of Covington & Burling LLP’s London office. He has broad non-contentious and contentious experience, with an emphasis on advising companies for whom intellectual property rights are of paramount importance. In particular, Daniel advises life sciences clients on their licensing, partnering, collaboration and other strategic and commercial agreements, and on the IP aspects of mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments in the life sciences and technology sectors.

David Martin was a Director and Secretary of one of the top 250 listed PLCs for nearly 10 years, David was responsible for a range of disciplines – including personnel, property and insurance as well as statutory and legal requirements and corporate/internal communications. Following a takeover, he founded and has run for the last 21 years his own consultancy – Buddenbrook – carrying out various projects for a range of clients, large and small. He is an employer’s representative for the panel of members for the Employment Tribunals and a member of one of the Registrar of Companies committees.

David specialises in insurance and reinsurance dispute resolution both in the UK courts and in domestic and international arbitrations. He has acted in a wide variety of disputes relating to both traditional and alternative risks.

Ewan Townsend is Counsel in Arnold & Porter’s London office and assists clients in the life sciences sector on regulatory and commercial matters. He has experience with a broad range of regulatory issues that arise throughout the medicinal product and medical device life cycle, including research and development, clinical trials, marketing authorisations, manufacturing, distribution, advertising, pricing and reimbursement. Ewan’s work also includes drafting and negotiating commercial agreements for his life sciences clients.

Geoff Marsh is the Managing Director of Dansam Ltd, a training company that began in September 1999. As a trainer and presenter, Geoff has been involved with conferences, seminars and roadshows for organisations such as Air Miles, Regus, Robert Bosch Ltd, Wessex Water, Sun Microsystems, Scottish & Newcastle Breweries, London Underground, Forte Hotels, The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councils (EPSRC), The Zoological Society Of London, Interserve Project Services Ltd, He has published several books including ‘A Sixty Minute Guide To Powerful Presentations’.

Ian White is a former Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary for both listed and private companies. While he has spent most of his career as a lawyer, he also has an MBA and has spent some time working as a strategy consultant. Ian now works as a consultant, coach, trainer and facilitator. His previous in-house experience has led him to develop an expertise in corporate governance, working with boards, leaders and lawyers on effectiveness, enhancement and performance. He spends much of his time reviewing and advising boards and management teams on structure, dynamics and how they can excel

Ian Ruskin-Brown. For the last 26 years Ian Ruskin-Brown has been the owner/entrepreneur of several Service Businesses. Ian was course director at the Chartered Institute of Marketing for courses on Marketing in the Service Sector (1984-1988). He currently runs the Marketing Your Services course for Management Center Europe (part of the American Marketing Association). He also runs client specific courses in the USA and South East Asia.

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Jackie Mulryne is Counsel in the life sciences group at Arnold & Porter. She has a broad practice providing regulatory compliance and public policy advice, and has extensive experience advising commercial clients on clinical trial agreements, both within and outside the NHS, and variations across the EU.

James Pearson, an Associate at Bird & Bird, is an experienced non-contentious and transactional IP lawyer, regularly advising clients in relation to the transfer of intellectual property rights, both in the context of stand alone transactions or as part of complex corporate matters including international M&A, corporate re-organisations and investment transactions. He is also experienced in advising on the commercialisation and exploitation of intellectual property rights, primarily in relation to the assignment or licensing of software, trade marks and patents, working with clients across a v

JEREMY DAVID KEYS BA, PGCE, Solicitor (non-practising) is qualified both as a lawyer and as an English teacher. He began working as a solicitor for the internationally renowned business law firm Lawrence Graham in London and has been qualified for many years. He has been teaching legal English and business English since 1996 to undergraduates, practising lawyers and business people, as well as teaching Law to students of the law degrees of Manchester University and East London University. Students include lawyers and trainees from some of the world’s largest and most prestigious firms.

Jocelyn Hughes is a recognised expert in HR management and personal development, having worked in training and personal development since the early eighties within blue chip organisations. A strong advocate of training for a reason, she has a practical approach to training which aims to provide participants and organisations with readily useful content, transferable to the workplace. Having enjoyed a successful career in Training Management, she began working as a freelance consultant in 1998. Working with major blue chip organisations across the UK and internationally, Jocelyn is widely res

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John Ansell is a biochemistry graduate with a Masters Degree in Business Studies. John began his 20-year career in international marketing and business development in Holland with Organon, working for Schering AG and Fisons in the UK, and again in Holland, with Solvay. Finally, from 1985 to 1989 he worked at Glaxo Holdings, on Zantac. Subsequently, as an independent industry consultant based in Thame, Oxford, UK, John has worked for more than 100 clients on commercial strategic projects. He is a frequent speaker, and has also acted as a chairman at over 30 industry conferences.