People
Meet the people behind the Centre for Legal Leadership
We’re a diverse bunch at CLL. Most of us are in-house lawyers, however many others are specialists in fields such as mental health, diversity and inclusion, recruitment, project management… even Bitcoin. All of the people profiled below have contributed to articles that appear within the CLL website.
Paul Barrett

Paul Barrett qualified as a barrister before moving into industry and has over 20 years’ experience as an in-house lawyer.
Read morePaul Bentall

Paul Bentall is a qualified solicitor (England and Wales). He worked in private practice, principally as a litigator, and then spent twenty years as a in-house lawyer.
Read morePaul Boyle

Paul Boyle is Group Deputy General Counsel at Serco Group PLC and an experienced adviser to senior management and boards.
Read morePavel Klimov

Pavel is a dual-qualified lawyer and admitted to practice law in Russia and England and Wales.
Read morePeter Giblin

Professor Peter Giblin helps decision makers grow their businesses by identifying, attracting, managing, developing and evaluating talented personnel.
Read morePhilip R Wood CBE

Philip Wood is one of the world's leading experts in comparative and cross-border financial law and an experienced practitioner.
Read moreRachel Reese

Rachel is founder and Director of Global Butterflies, a company that helps businesses to create trans* inclusive environments.
Read moreRebecca Cater

With 30 years' experience, Rebecca Cater is skilled in project management, conference management, crisis control and the design and implementation of office systems.
Read moreRob Fowler

Rob Fowler was Head of People Services, CLL with expertise in advisory and personal development services for the in-house community.
Read moreRobert Ivens

Robert qualified as a solicitor in 1983, spending most of his legal career at Marks & Spencer.
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