Rachel Barker is a Managing Director and Head of the IP practice at Mintz Group, overseeing hundreds of trademark, patents,designs and copyright-related investigations worldwide every year.

Rachel has more than thirty years’ experience in the research and investigations world.  She began her career working in the law library of Allen & Overy, before moving to Haymarket Publishing.  Her five years at the firm saw her promoted to Deputy Library Manager and she provided research for the reporters of such publications as Management Today, Campaign and Marketing.

She left in 2001 to join the research department of the Economist Intelligence Unit. During her eleven years at the company she became Research Manager, managing the department and providing worldwide political, economic and industry-based research for the authors and editors of the EIU's country and industry reports and newsletters.

She took the role of Senior Investigator at Farncombe International (which later became Bishop IP Investigations Ltd) in June 2012 and was made an Associate Director in September 2014.  Since the acquisition of the Bishop Group in October 2021 by the Mintz Group, Rachel has been promoted to her current role as Head of IP.

She graduated from Middlesex University with an Honours Degree in Human Geography.