I'm Madelein Kleyn

ABOUT ME

Doctor Madelein Kleyn has more than 20 years experience as intellectual property in-house counsel. She is a qualified chemical engineer, an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a registered South African patent attorney. She holds a LLM in tax law and PhD in intellectual property. She served as in-house corporate patent counsel for South African based international petrochemical company SASOL for 16 years and is presently the Group General Manager – Legal and Intellectual Property for the boutique international agriculture company Oro Agri International Ltd where she is responsible for the protection and enhancement of the company’s sustainable competitive advantage through strategic IP management on a global basis. In addition she oversees general legal governance and compliance. She is based in the R&D head office in South Africa.