Weston (2007–2008) Dave William Bradley (2008–2009) John David Brown (2009–2010) Alasdair David Poore (2010–2011) Timothy Wace Roberts (2011–2012) Christopher Paul Mercer (2012–2013) Roger James Burt (2013–2014) Catriona Macleod Hammer (2014–2015) Andrea Ruth Brewster OBE (2015–2016) Anthony John Rollins (2016–2017) Stephen Jones (2017–18) Julia Florence (2019) Richard Mair (2020) Alicia Instone (2021) Alasdair David Poore (2022 - Current) - Second term Notable members Sharon Bowles, British MEP Walter de Havilland (Foreign Member, 1909–1942) Staff Lee Davies is the current chief executive of CIPA. Lee joined CIPA in February 2012, having previously been the deputy chief executive of the Institute for Learning (2005-2012) and the district secretary of the Thames and Solent District of the Workers' Educational Association (1999-2005). Lee Davies is supported by a deputy chief executive Neil Lampert and a team of staff covering areas such as finance, governance, membership, professional examinations, continuing professional development, publications, public affairs, media and communications. Informals Committee The Informals Committee is, as its name suggests, an association of the unqualified (or part-qualified) student members of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys. All CIPA student members are automatically part of the informals. The informals provide a UK-wide support network for trainees, organising lectures and tutorials directed towards the examinations, trips to the UKIPO and social events. The informals have been very successful and influential within the institute. Much of their success is due to hard-working honorary secretaries, who chair the committee and take a seat on CIPA Council. Below is an account of honorary secretaries of the Informals Committee, many of whom went on to serve as CIPA president. C. E. Every (1929) Jack R. Tugwood (1930) T.B. Clerk (1931) H. G. Bouly and Jack R. Tugwood* (1932 - 1933) - *Second Term H. L. Wright and J. R. Howden (1934) L. B. Shuffrey and H. L. Wright (1935) P. T. Stephens (1936) J. R. Howden (1937 - 1938) - Second Term Vacant (1939 - 1945) Jack R. Tugwood* and Owen J. Jaques (1945) - *Third Term Ralph C. Noyes (1946) J. S. E. Page (1947) Eric Dennis Swann (1948) L. B. Shuffrey* and H. L. Wright* (1949) - *Second Term Peter T. Bowtell (1950) Anthony J. Wolstenholme (1951) Arthur J. Hewlett (1952) John S. Bushell (1953) Gordon H. Edmunds (1954) Eric M. Woodhead (1955) W. Victor Higgs (1956) Brian C. Reid (1957) Derek Alan Senhenn (1958) Iain C. Baillie and Richard Allen (1959) Anthony