On the move: the latest East Midlands hires
A wills and probate solicitor who started her career at Nottingham’s Nelsons Solicitors eleven years ago has risen through the ranks to be promoted to partner at the firm.
Catherine McCannah began her training contract at Nelsons in 2005, qualified in 2007 and was swiftly promoted to associate. She now takes on the role of partner, leading a team of five legal experts specialising in areas including the provision of inheritance tax advice, will drafting, powers of attorney, trust and estate administration and residential care fee planning.
McCannah said: “Having started my career as a trainee at Nelsons I have a real understanding of how the firm operates, its values and what it means to be a partner here. I have really enjoyed taking on new challenges and responsibilities, growing into various roles and broadening my areas of expertise throughout the last 11 years. That’s what gives me the great sense of achievement in having been promoted.
“The firm has always been extremely supportive of me and I’m delighted to now be leading a team of extremely talented, passionate and driven people in the firm’s Nottingham office to ensure that Nelsons continues to maintain its excellent reputation for providing wills and probate advice and support.”
Alex Shacklock
Alex Shacklock, a director of theGroGroup, a Nottingham based learning & development company has become a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, an opt-in research community of business professionals.
As a member of the HBR Advisory Council Shacklock will help Harvard Business Review improve the content it publishes as well as help chart the magazines future direction.
He said: “The role will involve talking to Harvard researchers to provide feedback to editors, preview new content, and comment on ideas from HBR as well as those from the wider world of management and leadership.”
The Advisory Council is an online community of members who have an interest in a wide range of topics that impact businesses and organizations. Members may be invited to take part in various types of research activity including online surveys, phone surveys and other forms research from time-to-time. To become a Member of the Advisory Council, participants need to complete an online survey and agree to strict terms and conditions.
theGroGroup was founded in 2014 by directors Paul Richmond, Kate Hennig and Alex Shacklock. It operates from offices in Nottingham and East Sussex and has a team of over 20 facilitators employed on a fulltime and contract basis.
