Prior to his current role, Rob was the Founder and Leader of Spectrum, the LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group at Clarivate and was previously Bi lead for Thomson Reuters Pride@Work. Since becoming CEO of pan-European intellectual property law firm AIPEX B.V, Rob has brought in diverse recruitment practices, including diverse candidate slates and interview panels. In addition, he ensures that he has uses his new position and platform as CEO to reinforce DEI commitments at AIPEX and throughout the wider the intellectual property industry. Rob is also Vice Chair of Bi Pride UK with responsibility for events where he lead their virtual Pride in 2021 and spearheaded their return to a physical event in September 2022, the largest Pride event in the world for non-monosexual people. Rob has appeared on numerous LGBTQ+ panels in the past, and this year he spoke on a panel for LGBTQ+ families.
