Having completed my academic stage of legal training at the College of Law Guildford, I joined Portsmouth Business School to lead the development of its Intellectual Property Law curriculum at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

I am a member of the European Intellectual Property Teachers' Network and sit on the UK Intellectual Property Office's Universities Working Group. Additionally, I have provided extensive mentoring to student and graduate startups through my award-winning IP Clinic scheme.

My efforts have contributed significantly to securing over £100,000 in external grant funding for the University, primarily from the UK Intellectual Property Office. This includes:

• £30,000 for an IP Clinic for student and graduate entrepreneurs.
• £75,000 for the creation of a knowledge exchange campus between the universities of Portsmouth, Bournemouth, and Southampton, aimed at assisting regional SMEs in exploiting their intellectual property.
• £30,000 shortlisted bid in response to an invitation to tender for the IP Enforcement Landscape Review.