International firm HFW has announced the election of nine global practice heads and the formation of a new management board.
The nine appointed practice heads will take their places on the new management board, alongside managing partner Jeremy Shebson (pictured), global senior partner Richard Crump, and chief financial officer Hamedeh Ghobadian. The elected heads and their respective practice areas are as follows:
- Giles Kavanagh, aerospace
- Alistair Feeney, commodities
- Carolyn Chudleigh, construction
- Alistair Mackie, energy and resources
- Christopher Cardona, insurance and reinsurance
- Paul Dean, shipping
- Brian Gordon, corporate
- Elinor Dautlich, finance
- Noel Campbell, litigation
The move marks the first time that representatives from the corporate, finance and litigation groups have been included on HFW's management board.
Jeremy Shebson commented: ‘The addition of representatives from our corporate, finance and litigation practices to our management board reflects the success, growth and importance of these practices to the firm globally. We already have one of the market's leading disputes practices and expanding our transactional offering is a strategic priority.
‘I am also very pleased that we now have three women on our board. We are deeply committed to increasing female representation at the highest levels of the firm, and I look forward to working with Carolyn, Elinor, Hamedeh and the rest of the board to help drive positive change.’
