HFW has appointed three women to its new 12-strong global management board.

The refreshed board is made up of the firm's practice leaders and includes finance head Elinor Dautlich, construction head Carolyn Chudleigh and chief financial officer Hamedeh Ghobadian, taking the board's female presence to 25 percent.

Prior to the changes, which come into effect as new managing partner Jeremy Shebson and recently re-elected senior partner Richard Crump take up their new terms today (April 1), Ghobadian had been the only woman on the board.