Firm's first women only promotions
Weightmans LLP has welcomed four women to its partnership, in its 2015 promotions to date.
Weightmans has utilised their ABS licence for a subsequent year to promote Sam Airey, HR director to fixed share membership (FSM) status. The previous year being the first time the firm had ever made any promotions from a business services department, with marketing director, Sarah-Jane Howitt.
Promotions from the legal side of the business, include Navdip Wilson, responsible for commercial insurance and local government teams and Patricia Grinyer, from the firm’s corporate finance team.
Carole Spiller, in the firm’s corporate dispute resolution team has also been promoted. Weightmans has supported Carole in working flexibly during her career, enabling her to successfully balance her busy workload with personal responsibilities.
Sam comments: ‘Weightmans prides itself on its people-focused culture and encourages a healthy work life balance. As HR Director, I am delighted and excited about these promotions as it sends a positive message throughout the firm that we recognise the importance of flexible working. We can clearly see our culture in action with Carole’s promotion.”
John Schorah, Weightmans managing partner says: “The recent promotions show positively that Weightmans continues to grow and invest in its people. We recognise the diverse mix of skills that is required within our partnership to enable us to meet the market challenges we are facing, to achieve success, sustainability, and to allow us to adapt and develop and continue to help our clients achieve their business goals.”
