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Richard ZHENG

International Counsel and Advisor - Intellectual Property and European Affairs

Office:Shanghai

Tel:86-21-62351478

Email:r.zheng@jadefountain.com

Dr Richard Zheng PhD  is an expert in Intellectual Property development in the UK. Educated at Imperial College London, he has 20 years experience in the subject, especially in evaluation and commercial assessment of Intellectual Property.  

He was a pioneer in the area for the UK’s NHS (National Health Service – the world’s largest healthcare organisation) and made history by becoming the UK’s first Intellectual Property specialist employed at a world leading hospital. He also held the position of the Director of Intellectual Property Development in a modern university in London for many years. He has been an invited speaker by the United Nations on numerous occasions to give speeches on the management of Intellectual Property, and advises various business and investment organisations on matters relating to Intellectual Property. He is the director of Intellectual Property for a UK based international technology establishment specialising in green technologies for sanitation and water purification.    

Dr Richard Zheng has also been active in the cultural and art world for many years and is a critic/reviewer of art, classical music, opera and ballet. He provides advice and reviews on art business development. He was a consultant to Opus Arte at the world’s leading opera (and ballet) house, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London UK; he was also a consultant to Overtures, the UK’s prominent living archive for musicals working closely with V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum) in London.

In recent years, Dr Richard Zheng has served three consecutive UK Prime Ministers as their head of constituency finance.

While his business language is English, Dr Zheng also speaks fluent Chinese.


Education:

PhD, Imperial College London (University of London)


Language:English, Mandarin and Shanghai dialect