Took a break after 6 years at Rouse to refocus my career back to climate change. This sabbatical ultimately leading to founding Ampersand. I spent time hiking in the Sierra Nevadas, Himalayas, Spain, and the Alps. Did some meditating in Sri Lanka. I worked on my Chinese in Kunming, and visited trade shows and factories in China to learn about solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles. Everywhere I went in 2016, my resolve to work on Climate change was repeatedly reinforced by… Show more Took a break after 6 years at Rouse to refocus my career back to climate change. This sabbatical ultimately leading to founding Ampersand. I spent time hiking in the Sierra Nevadas, Himalayas, Spain, and the Alps. Did some meditating in Sri Lanka. I worked on my Chinese in Kunming, and visited trade shows and factories in China to learn about solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles. Everywhere I went in 2016, my resolve to work on Climate change was repeatedly reinforced by encountering it's effects: Catastrophic droughts in China, forest fires in California, dying glaciers and avalanches in the Alps and Himalayas, changing monsoon patterns in Sri Lanka, and totally unseasonal snowfalls in Spain. Show less

Managed full range of IP registration and disputes, mostly in China, for international clients.Specialties: Anti-counterfeiting, trade marks, technology transfers and contracts, China, emerging markets• Managed full range of China IP work for international clients. Sectors included industrial electronics, railway construction, pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare, sanitaryware, • Developed investigation and IP enforcement strategies for clients with Chinese investigators… Show more Managed full range of IP registration and disputes, mostly in China, for international clients.Specialties: Anti-counterfeiting, trade marks, technology transfers and contracts, China, emerging markets• Managed full range of China IP work for international clients. Sectors included industrial electronics, railway construction, pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare, sanitaryware, • Developed investigation and IP enforcement strategies for clients with Chinese investigators, lawyers, patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys• Managed IP anti-counterfeiting enforcement work including administrative enforcement through government agencies, criminal enforcement leading to convictions of up to 8.5 years, and civil litigation including successful self-funding litigation strategy• Formulated IP protection strategy with China Customs including training sessions, IPR registrations, and seizures• Coordinated East Asia regional trade mark filing strategies, managing local lawyers• Drafted complex legal advice, strategies, proposals and pitches• Presented to ministerial business delegations from New Zealand (e.g. ICT sector) Show less

Managing Anti-counterfeiting work in Middle-East, North Africa, SE Asia and Pacific, and corporate trade mark portfolio incl litigation.