The Bar: Littleton Chambers names new chief exec
Agenda emerges from Neuberger's access review as report set for Easter publication; the Bar Council lobbies for Legal Services Board independence; and Littleton Chambers names new chief executive. Claire Ruckin reports on the latest developments at the Bar Employment and commercial set Littleton Chambers has hired a new chief executive. Gerard Hickie, former managing director of cosmetics company Vivalis, will join the set on 12 March, replacing the incumbent chief executive David Douglas.
February 28, 2007 at 07:10 PM
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Agenda emerges from Neuberger's access review as report set for Easter publication; the Bar Council lobbies for Legal Services Board independence; and Littleton Chambers names new chief executive. Claire Ruckin reports on the latest developments at the Bar
Employment and commercial set Littleton Chambers has hired a new chief executive. Gerard Hickie, former managing director of cosmetics company Vivalis, will join the set on 12 March, replacing the incumbent chief executive David Douglas.
Douglas, who has been at Littleton for 17 years, is leaving to pursue his own business interests in mediation.
Hickie's focus will be on developing Littleton's main strengths in employment and commercial law. Hickie spent 11 years with the L'Oreal Group, managing and marketing a selection of brands internationally, before he moved to BIC UK and then Vivalis, where he has worked for five years.
Joint heads of chambers Clive Freedman and Andrew Clarke QCs commented: "We hope to build an even better chambers, focusing on and developing our commercial and employment practices with mediation and international arbitration expertise as additional offerings."
They added: "Gerard's fresh ideas and creative business acumen will breathe new life into chambers."
The hire is further evidence of the Bar taking on non-legal chief executives to drive chambers' strategy.
Commercial and Chancery set Maitland Chambers recruited Robert Graham-Campbell from 7 Bedford Row last September. Graham-Campbell, a former director of investment bank Robert Fleming saw 7 Bedford Row's revenue increase by 60% during his time there.
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