Team

Expert

ProspectIP Africa has assembled a world class team with unrivalled experience in the development, management and monetisation of intellectual property rights and intellectual assets.

Our team has collectively worked for or carried out assignments for over 200 large and small companies, across diverse industry sectors. We have also worked with government organisations, research institutions, investment organisations and international organisations such as the World Bank and the European Union.

Our skill base includes the management, strategic development, valuation, financing and monetisation of intellectual property rights and assets.

Dr Derek Palmer PhD MBA

Founder & Managing Partner (UK & Kenya)

Derek, the founder of intellectual property (IP) and innovation consultancies, ProspectIP UK and ProspectIP Africa, has worked in academia and industry and is a proven IP and innovation practitioner with over 20 year's experience in all aspects of IP management relevant to corporates, large enterprises, SMEs and research organisations. Derek holds non-executive directorships in technology companies and is a honorary professor in intellectual property at Nottingham Trent University, UK and a visiting fellow at Gloucestershire University Business School, UK.

Dr. Isaac Rutenberg PhD JD

Partner (Kenya)

Isaac is the Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) at Strathmore Law School, Nairobi Kenya and an experienced Patent Attorney. He holds a PhD in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and a JD from Santa Clara University School of Law. Isaac is also a director of the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO).

Dr Henry Kibet Mutai PhD

Advisor (Kenya)

Henry is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with over twenty years of experience in practice and academia, where his areas of expertise include intellectual property law, regional integration and international trade law. He holds a PhD in international trade law from the University of Melbourne as well as Master of Laws degrees from Temple University in the US and the University of Melbourne. His Bachelor of Laws degree is from the University of Nairobi.
He served as the Managing Director of the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) for a period of three years, and has also sat on the boards of the Kenya Copyright Board and the Anti-Counterfeit Agency.

Mr Sylvance Sange BSc MSc

Advisor (Kenya)

Mr. Sylvance Sange is the Managing Director of Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI). He has been in the IP field for the last 22 years and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and a Bachelor of Laws degree both from the University of Nairobi. He has a Master’s of Intellectual Property degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center, in Concord, New Hampshire, USA.

Peter McLeod BEng

Partner (UK)

Peter is an experienced innovation and IP practitioner with a broad range of technology development and engineering expertise. He is an expert in the delivery of IP and innovation services to clients from a wide range of industry sectors and has extensive experience in the management of projects on behalf of commercial and public sector clients.

Donal O'Connell BEng

Partner (UK)

Donal is the Former Director of Intellectual Property Rights at Nokia and is an experienced senior R&D, innovation and intellectual property manager with extensive experience in the delivery of services to clients across a broad range of industries and technologies.