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Senior Members

Teruhiko (Terry) Tsumura
Principal Founder and Chairman
Energy expert (strategy and business model, planning and investment analysis) with an extensive network of high level contacts in the UK and Japan particularly in energy, infrastructure and engineering and management consultancy. [...Read More]

Lyn Jackson
Co-founder, Director and Company Secretary
With extensive experience of working for the UN, responsible for compliance at LRI. Also responsible for arranging high-level meetings for LRI clients and editing LRI publications. [...Read More]

Shizuka Alcoe PhD
Research Director
PhD in Government. Expert in energy and environment policies, in particular, in the UK and Europe, with research experience in various policy/business sectors. [...Read More]

Senior Advisers

Susan Singleton is LRI’s legal adviser and one of the UK’s leading IT lawyers. She has practised commercial, competition and intellectual property law for over 15 years. She worked for leading London law firms, Nabarro Nathanson, Slaughter and May, and Bristows, before founding her own firm in 1994. Since then she has advised over 300 UK and overseas clients. Author of 20 legal books, she also has a regular slot on LBC radio and writes for a number of legal journals. She also edits the journals IT Law Today and Telecoms Law Today.

Terence A. Cooper is LRI’s senior adviser for projects involving chemical industries. He holds a PhD in Physical Organic Chemistry from Oxford University and an MBA from Drexel University. He has worked in the fields of polymer chemistry, materials technology, and materials-related market development for 38 years. He spent 16 years as a research associate with the Elastomer Chemicals, Polymer Products and Finishes departments at DuPont and eight years as manager of adhesives and sealants R&D, New Polymers R&D and Worldwide Styrene Quality with ARCO Chemical. Present areas of major involvement include water-soluble, biodegradable and bio-based materials, polymer blends and compatibilisation, sustainable packaging, fuel cells, recycling technology, and polymeric light-scattering systems for advanced display screens.


David Bennett is a senior adviser specialising in the pharmaceutical sector. With a background in sales and marketing, he has worked for or provided consultancy to a number of pharmaceutical companies, including Beecham Laboratories (now GSK), Pharmacia (now Pfizer), Shire and Bayer. He has managed a full range of commercialisation programmes in the UK and pan-EU, the US and Japan. He has expertise across a range of disease areas with a distinct heritage in the growing orphan/rare diseases sector. He has a highly developed network of specialist associates within the pharmaceutical sector.

Masahiro Kawamura is LRI’s senior adviser for technology, based in Osaka, Japan. He has deep experience in business creation and growth strategies in such technology areas as automobile electronics, electric vehicle batteries, hydrogen fuel cells, car navigation, ITS services, and satellite positioning, and has a wide range of contacts with central and local governments, universities and car electrics and ITS industries. He worked for a major electronics manufacturer and a trading company for many years.

Richard Oshowole is a management consultant with over 25 years of experience in change management, organisational development and programme management. He has worked with both private and public sector clients in Europe, Africa and Asia and held senior consultancy positions with leading British and International firms. He has led the delivery of multi-million pound projects and managed large teams of consultants and sub-contractors. As a former Director of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, he has a wide acquaintanceship among business leaders of Nigeria and other West Africa countries.

Sergey Schukin is a senior adviser on Eastern Europe and CIS and currently lives in Ukraine. He worked for a US venture capital for many years. Through the alumni network of Harvard University he has effective access to the markets in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union,etc.