Richard Baddeley has a background in chemical engineering and over 30 years of experience advising clients on all aspects of IP, particularly in mineral and hydrocarbon processing both upstream and downstream and in automotive technology. Mr Baddeley was appointed principal of Wrays in June 2020, after 31 years at Watermark and after Watermark was subsumed into the listed IPH Group of entities. He was president of The Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, and Governor and Honorary Secretary of the Petroleum Club WA.