PETER COWAN

Peter Cowan serves as President and CEO of Innovate BC. With over 25 years of experience across Canada’s innovation and IP landscape, Peter’s extensive background spans a diverse range of roles, from leading startups, multinationals, and venture capital corporations to non-profits and innovation-based government agencies. He is a recognized leader in intellectual property (IP) strategy, advising on IP policy, operations, and strategy in numerous areas, including start-ups, scale-ups, technology transfer offices, accelerators and incubators, venture capital groups, and governments (provincial, federal, international). Prior to joining Innovate BC, Peter held the interim CEO role as Intellectual Property Ontario’s first CEO and is also the founder of Northworks IP and co-founder and past Board Member of the Innovation Asset Collective, Canada’s first Patent Collective.