Patrick Bruce has over 45 years of design experience in the consultancy, industrial manufacturing and education sectors. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers. He has substantial experience in the UK and South Africa, and in Asia where he has lived for 34 years. He was Commercial Director for the Conran Design Group in London in the 1980s and Managing Director of Conran Design Pacific in Hong Kong from 1988 to 1992. Mr Bruce is a Founding Director of the Oval Partnership Ltd. and is a director of its group companies.

The Oval Partnership group of companies is active in Master Planning and Architecture of major mixed use developments, Architectural Interior Design Consultancy, and Action Research into Architectural and Societal issues.