Commissioners of the CIPR

The Commissioners
The Commissioners were selected from a list of candidates who had agreed to have their names put forward by a selection panel consisting of senior officials from the Department for International Development (DFID), the UK Patent Office and an independent assessor. They were from both developing and developed countries, with combined expertise in science, law, ethics, economics, industry, government, and academia.

PROFESSOR JOHN BARTON (Commission Chair)
George E. Osborne Professor of Law, Stanford University, California, USA

MR DANIEL ALEXANDER
Barrister specialising in Intellectual Property Law, London, UK

PROFESSOR CARLOS CORREA
Director, Masters Programme on Science and Technology Policy and Management, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

DR RAMESH MASHELKAR FRS
Director General, Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and Secretary to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Delhi, India

DR GILL SAMUELS CBE
Senior Director of Science Policy and Scientific Affairs (Europe) at Pfizer Inc., Sandwich, UK

DR SANDY THOMAS
Director of Nuffield Council on Bioethics, London, UK

The Secretariat

The Commission was supported by a small Secretariat, based in London, which was responsible for:

Providing exhaustive background research

Commissioning and undertaking study papers

Organising Commission meetings, workshops, conference and other consultation activities

Writing reports and minutes

Synthesising the evidence

Financial management and administration

Charles Clift (Head)

Phil Thorpe (Policy Analyst)

Tom Pengelly (Policy Analyst)

Rob Fitter (Research Officer)

Brian Penny (Office Manager)

Carol Oliver (Personal Assistant)