In this episode, we explore what makes for a great leadership team in a professional services firm. In our careers as BD, Marketing and Communications professionals, many of us have already or will be asked join leadership teams and this episode seeks to explore how as non-fee earners, we can best influence and contribute to these teams.

We’ll be considering:

- What factors contribute to great leadership.
- How can a firm’s leadership best support and nurture individual practices which are often very diverse.
- What creates a successful firm culture and how leadership champions that – especially when growth is essential for all firms.
- How can leadership best support sales initiatives in environments as complex and diverse as a professional services firm.

To help me discuss these topics, I am joined by Jason Haines and Eddie Bowman.

Jason trained as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, later becoming a partner in Andersen and later joined PwC as Global CTO. He was subsequently appointed as CIO of Allen & Overy and later became the Global CFO and Operations Director. Jason now works as a non-executive director and is a part-time Principal Consultant with PSFI.

Eddie spent the early parts of his career in the oil and advertising industries. Following a stint at KPMG, he was hired by Arthur Andersen as its partner to run the Marketing and Business development function. He was subsequently Chief Marketing Officer at EY for 10 years followed by six years as the partner in charge of BD and Marketing at law firm Simmons & Simmons. Eddie now provides consulting services.