FICPI // Focus 45 // IP and Sustainable Development Goals

Heather Galloway

Specialising in opportunities with tangible positive impact on human and natural environments, Heather blends strategic insight with a strong focus on partnerships and organisational agility.

She advises and invests in companies developing and commercialising cutting-edge innovations such as LTO battery technology, heat transfer fluids, hydrogen fuel cells and renewable energy infrastructure.

Director of Stella Growth Solutions (London) and of Sollevo (Rome), Heather mentors with Techstars London and Torino and serves on the Board of Georgetown Angel Investment Network

She was a founding team member with Sunray (UK/EU) and led operations research with CEB (now Gartner) in London. She began her career with Hunton & Williams (DC/Miami) working on Project Finance Development and Leasing transactions in Central and South America.

Heather has a BS Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a MA Art Business from Sotheby’s.

Louis-Pierre Gravelle, FICPI webinar host

Louis-Pierre Gravelle is Partner at Dipchand LLP in Canada and Vice President of FICPI's Practice Management Committee.

He specialises in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications and providing patentability, validity, infringement and right to manufacture opinions in the fields of electricity, telecommunications, mechanical and information technology. He is a registered patent agent in Canada and in the United States (1998).

Louis-Pierre is involved in due diligence matters and managing patent portfolios. He is also involved in strategic counselling for start-ups, small, medium and large-sized businesses.

A member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Louis-Pierre was called to the Québec Bar in 1995. He is also a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ). Louis-Pierre Gravelle is past-chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and past co-president of the Joint Liaison Committee – Patents between the Patent office and IPIC. He is a Councillor for FICPI Canada.

He is listed in the IAM Patents 1000, and has been since 2012. Louis-Pierre is often called upon to speak on a variety of IP-related topics, at local and international conferences and events.