Mashudu Nxumalo is the Coordinator: of Intellectual Property Protection (IPP) at the Agriculture Research Council (ARC). She has over 5 years of experience in technology transfer, R&D management, and IP portfolio management. Prior to the ARC, she worked as the acting IP Manager at Necsa and Technology Transfer Manager at the University of Pretoria (UP). Mashudu studied at the University of Limpopo (UL) where she completed her BSc and BSc(Hons). Thereafter she obtained her MSc (Microbiology) at the University of Pretoria and is currently pursuing an MSc in Technology & Innovation Management at the same institution.