Mark Durrant
Intellectual Property Communications and Marketing in Winchester, UK
I am a marketing and communications leader with expertise in intellectual property matters including standard essential patent (SEP) licensing. As the founder and managing director of Adaptra, I work with clients to support them in telling their IP stories.
From 2020-25 I was vice president of marketing and communications for Avanci, an independent leader in transforming how technologies are shared, through market-driven licensing platforms for essential patents.
Before joining Avanci in 2020, I spent more than 12 years in the Nokia communications team, latterly leading communications for Nokia Technologies, the business which manages patent, technology and brand licensing for Nokia.
Prior to Nokia, I held a number of sales, marketing and communications management roles with Motorola, Digital and IBM.
I have an MBA from the University of South Wales and am a member and accredited practitioner with the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and Chartered Marketer and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the UK. I hold the WSET Level 2 Award in Wines.