Authors
Jill King
Business writer and commentator. Jill can be reached via email or at her website.
Rob Lees
Rob Lees is the co-author, with Harvard Business School professors Tom DeLong and Jack Gabarro, of the best-selling When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance. He is also co-author of the HBR article “Managing talent: The key challenge for today’s professional service firm”. Rob also co-authored, with August Aquila, Engaging Partners in the Firm’s Future and What Successful Managing Partners Do. He has also published numerous articles on professional service firm strategy in both the US and UK.
Before retiring last year after 25 years working with leading professional firms across the world, Rob had spent the last ten years consulting with firm leaders on how to improve their strategic position and, critically, how to deliver it. During this time, Rob also helped set up Møller Professional Service Firms Group, the UK’s leading PSF consulting firm on improving individual, team, and firm capability.
Rob held several notable positions prior to moving into consulting, including global head of human resources at EY and head of EY’s global leadership institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was also head of professional development in EY’s UK firm and director of professional development at Morgan Stanley.
Rob currently collaborates on selected research projects and writes on issues relating to firm strategy and performance. He can be reached at roblees2@sky.com
Derek Klyhn
Founding partner of Møller PSF Group Cambridge and consultant to professional service firm leaders and their teams. Particular focus on business development, strategy, and profitability. Chartered accountant, and MBA with distinction from London Business School. He can be reached via email at the Møller PSF Group.
August Aquila
Internationally known speaker, consultant, and author
Des Woods
Chairman, Møller PSF Group Cambridge.
Nigel Spencer
Director of learning and development, Reed Smith.
Ben Rigby
Editor, CDR (Commercial Disputes Resolution). Former editor of Costs Lawyer, and former acting features editor of the Solicitors’ Journal. Non-practising solicitor, and has worked at the Law Society of England & Wales and the Ministry of Defence.
Nick Jarrett-Kerr
Nick Jarrett-Kerr is a specialist advisor to law firms and professional
services firms worldwide on issues of strategy, governance and leadership
development. Nick is a member of Edge International, a leading
global consultancy to law firms, and in the last twelve years has established
himself as one of the leading UK and international advisors. Prior
to becoming a consultant, Nick was the Chief Executive Partner of Bevan
Ashford, a leading regional firm in Great Britain, for eight years. Nick
is the author of two published books on partner underperformance and
law firm strategy, and is currently Visiting Professor at Nottingham Trent
University where he leads the strategy modules for the Nottingham Law
School MBA.
Jo Ayoubi
Managing Director, Track Empower 360.
Rob Bhol
Managing director, DBS Law.
Ash Coleman-Smith
Managing Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner.
Guy Vincent
Partner, Bircham Dyson Bell.
Abby Winkworth
Business development partner, IBB Solicitors.
Tony Williams
More than 30 years of experience in the legal profession, occupying senior management positions as well as direct client handling and fee earning. Founder, Jomati Consultants.
Robert Millard
Robert Millard is founder and a partner at Cambridge Strategy Group, a management consultancy based in Cambridge, UK, focused primarily on law and other professional service fi rms and other deep knowledge enterprises. Rob is immediate past co-chair of the IBA’s Law Firm Management Committee and currently serves on the steering committee of the IBA’s President’s Task Force on the Future of Legal Services.
Suzanne M Cerra
Founding principal, US law firm Nukk-Freeman & Cerra.
Katherin Nukk-Freeman
Founding principal, US law firm Nukk-Freeman & Cerra.
Robin M Hensley
President, Raising the Bar
Douglas McPherson
Director, Size 10½ Boots
Clare Adshead-Grant
Founding Partner, Calista. Clare’ opinions, hints, and tips can be regularly found on her blog via twitter, and she can be contacted via email at Calista.
Andrew Dunn
Group business development partner, Begbies Traynor Group.
Mark Whittell
Risk partner, Cobbetts.
Frank Maher
Practising solicitor and partner, Legal Risk LLP
Colin Taylor
Head of Risk, Prime Professions.
Julian Parker
Managing director, Stroz Friedberg.
Tony Blunden
Honorary professor, GCU London.
Shrutisha Morris
Financial controller, Weightmans.
Barry Wilkinson
Management consultant and business coach. Founder, Wilkinson Read and Partners. For more information on Wilkinson Read, see the website or contact Barry via email.
Alan Hodgart
Consultant, Huron Consulting Group
John Cussons
Management consultant and project manager, ICD Consulting.
David von Simson
Managing partner, Europa Partners.
Ori Wiener
Co-founder, Møller PSF Group Cambridge
David Copping
Senior associate, Farrar & Co.
Meirion Jones
Meirion Jones advises firms on implementing client growth strategies and high impact, client-focused learning and development programmes.
He has occupied senior in-house client development strategy roles at some of the world’s leading professionals services firms including Coopers & Lybrand (the predecessor firm of PriceWaterhouseCoopers), Allen & Overy and Lovells. He led the global client services initiative for Reed Smith and continues to consult for the firm.
Throughout his career Meirion has used learning & development as a critical lever for achieving strategic implementation. In his CRM consulting roles he regularly trains teams of attorneys on key account management, solution-selling, networking, negotiation and leadership.
Stephanie A Barnes
Knowledge management consultant, Missing Puzzle Piece Consulting.
Paul Byfield
Legal knowledge manager, Office of the General Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Ruth Ward
Head of central Knowledge Management, Allen & Overy.
Robyna May
Director of knowledge and IT, Cooper Grace Ward.
Neil Cameron
Legal IT consultant.
Andrew Moir
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills.
David Phillips
Professional development lawyer, global disputes practice, Herbert Smith Freehills.
