12 January 2021
A quartet comprising an academic, an entrepreneur, a regulatory professional and a retired solicitor have joined the Board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
Ann Harrison, retired partner in North West firm Stephensons Solicitors; Dermot Nolan, a former CEO of Ofgem; Vikas Shah, an entrepreneur and non-executive director of Fletchers Solicitors; and Elizabeth Smart, a professor of legal education at Sheffield Hallam University, took up their places this month after being recruited in the autumn from 200 applicants.
Anna Bradley, Chair of the SRA Board, said: ‘I am delighted that after an open and very competitive recruitment process, we have both strengthened the Board and increased our diversity.’
The Board retains its lay majority, with six lay members and five solicitor members. The quartet join Anna Bradley as well as Peter Higson, Paul Loft, Barry Matthews, Geoff Nicholas, Selina Ullah and Tony Williams.
