Top 100 Finance Directors
The following research into the Top 100 UK law firm finance directors was conducted in December 2009. Download a copy of the research and results pdf below.
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| # | Law Firm | Name | Gender | Title | Since | Previous Employer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Clifford Chance |
Stephen Purse
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2005
|
Management Consulting Group
|
|
2
|
Linklaters |
Peter Hickman
|
M
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
2009
|
HBOS
|
|
3
|
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
Laurance Milsted
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
1993
|
Deloitte & Touche
|
|
4
|
Allen & Overy |
Ian Dinwiddie
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
1991
|
Guinness Mahon Holdings
|
|
5
|
Slaughter & May |
Info Unavailable
|
M
|
Info Unavailable
|
2012
|
Info Unavailable
|
|
6
|
Lovells |
Chris Rees
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2000
|
Great Nordic Group
|
|
7
|
DLA Piper (UK) |
Paul Edwards
|
M
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
2004
|
Simmons & Simmons
|
|
8
|
Herbert Smith |
John Mullins
|
M
|
Group Chief Finance Officer
|
1978
|
L Messel & Co
|
|
9
|
Eversheds |
Kathryn Fleming
|
F
|
Finance Director
|
2006
|
BT
|
|
10
|
Ashurst |
Nigel Morland
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
1997
|
Wilde Sapte
|
|
11
|
Norton Rose |
Kevin Mortell
|
M
|
Chief Operating Officer
|
2000
|
Denton Hall
|
|
12
|
Simmons & Simmons |
David McLaughlin
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2005
|
Linklaters
|
|
13
|
CMS Cameron McKenna |
Krishna Vishnubholta
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2007
|
Pinsent Masons
|
|
14
|
SJ Berwin |
Mike Giles
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
1999
|
CB Richard Ellis
|
|
15
|
Pinsent Masons |
Stephen Hancock
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
1997
|
PwC
|
|
16
|
Addleshaw Goddard |
Martin Gaskin
|
M
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
2002
|
HBOS
|
|
17
|
Berwin Leighton Paisner |
Charlotte Balfry
|
F
|
Finance Director
|
2004
|
Colt Telecommunications
|
|
18
|
Taylor Wessing |
Position Vacant
|
M
|
Position Vacant
|
2014
|
Position Vacant
|
|
19
|
Denton Wilde Sapte |
Stephen Watson
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
2004
|
Richards Butler
|
|
20
|
Clyde & Co |
Ian McAndrew
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2001
|
Lawrence Graham (now LG)
|
|
21
|
Irwin Mitchell |
Mark Dakin
|
M
|
Director - Finance
|
1995
|
Lloyds Bank
|
|
22
|
Bird & Bird |
Paul Colvin
|
M
|
CFO
|
2001
|
Eversheds
|
|
23
|
Salans |
David Whitmore
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
2008
|
Higham Dunnett Shaw
|
|
24
|
Nabarro |
Andrew Scholefield
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
1997
|
Watson Farley & Williams
|
|
25
|
Hammonds |
Chris West
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2009
|
Otto Group
|
|
26
|
Wragge & Co |
Paul Phayer
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
2000
|
KPMG
|
|
27
|
Beachcroft |
Chris Charles
|
M
|
Director of Finance & Operations
|
1987
|
Hanson Trust
|
|
28
|
Macfarlanes |
Rob Gibbons
|
M
|
Head of Finance
|
2004
|
Richemont
|
|
29
|
Shoosmiths |
Chris Stanton
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2006
|
Cluttons
|
|
30
|
Osborne Clarke |
Info Unavailable
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
31
|
Olswang |
Frans Post
|
M
|
CFO
|
2009
|
Clifford Chance
|
|
32
|
Withers |
Mike Timms
|
M
|
Global Finance Director
|
2001
|
Renaissance Worldwide
|
|
33
|
Field Fisher Waterhouse |
Sarah Wilkinson
|
F
|
Finance Director
|
2004
|
Clifford Chance
|
|
34
|
Halliwells |
Iain Cadman
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2009
|
DWF
|
|
35
|
Stephenson Harwood |
Danny Cohen
|
M
|
Director of Finance & Administration
|
1999
|
Manches
|
|
36
|
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert |
Angela Kelly-Burns
|
F
|
Finance Director
|
1990
|
CityGrove
|
|
37
|
Travers Smith |
David Thomas
|
M
|
Partnership Secretary
|
1976
|
Eland Hore & Patersons
|
|
38
|
Holman Fenwick Willan |
Nick Handley-Jones
|
M
|
Director of Finance & Administration
|
1997
|
Frere Cholmeley Bischoff
|
|
39
|
Trowers & Hamlins |
David Dixon
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
1998
|
PwC
|
|
40
|
Dundas & Wilson |
Joy Middleton
|
F
|
Director of Finance & Facilities
|
1997
|
Andersen
|
|
41
|
Hill Dickinson |
Colin Wardale
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
2002
|
Addleshaws
|
|
42
|
Charles Russell |
Andrew Staite
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
1998
|
Crawford-THG
|
|
43
|
Burges Salmon |
Simon Russell
|
M
|
Director, Finance
|
2003
|
CMS Cameron McKenna
|
|
44
|
LG |
Richard Williams
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2008
|
Lane Clarke & Peacock
|
|
45
|
McGrigors |
Tim Salmon
|
M
|
Chief Operating Officer
|
2008
|
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert
|
|
46
|
Ince & Co |
David Pollard
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
2004
|
CMS Cameron McKenna
|
|
47
|
Mills & Reeve |
Mark Finch
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
1989
|
Peat Marwick McLintock
|
|
48
|
Maclay Murray & Spens |
Position Vacant
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
49
|
Dickinson Dees |
John Campbell
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
1998
|
Norton Rose
|
|
50
|
Cobbetts |
James Boyd
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2000
|
Ricksons
|
|
51
|
Watson Farley & Williams |
Dave Greening
|
M
|
Director of Operations
|
1995
|
Allied Domecq
|
|
52
|
Reynolds Porter & Chamberlain |
Helen Cumming
|
F
|
Finance Director
|
1986
|
Wigram & Co
|
|
53
|
DWF |
Arthur Ferry
|
M
|
CFO
|
2009
|
Baker & McKenzie
|
|
54
|
Clarke Willmott |
Neil Munn
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
2003
|
Momentum Financial Services
|
|
55
|
Berrymans Lace Mawer |
Frank Lewitt
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2000
|
Allott and Lomax
|
|
56
|
Kennedys |
Andrew Webb
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
2006
|
LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & McCrae
|
|
57
|
Pannone |
Jon Miller
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2002
|
Addleshaws
|
|
58
|
Blake Lapthorn |
Peter Youngs
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2009
|
Financial Objects
|
|
59
|
Weightmans |
Tony Cannon
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2000
|
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
|
|
60
|
Bond Pearce |
Chris Schulten
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2006
|
White & Case
|
|
61
|
Walker Morris |
David Auty
|
M
|
Financial Director
|
1992
|
Deloitte Touche
|
|
62
|
Speechly Bircham |
Paul Johnson
|
M
|
Director of Finance & Administration
|
2007
|
Denton Wilde Sapte
|
|
63
|
Mishcon de Reya |
Tony Bash
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
2009
|
Weil Gotshal & Manges
|
|
64
|
HBJ Gateley Wareing |
Martyn Finnigan
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
1989
|
Price Waterhouse
|
|
65
|
Howard Kennedy |
Sean Higgins
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
1997
|
Baker Tilly
|
|
66
|
Shepherd & Wedderburn |
Keith Wilson
|
M
|
Financial Director
|
2006
|
Aegon
|
|
67
|
Bevan Brittan |
David Pike
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2008
|
Sheridan Management
|
|
68
|
TLT Solicitors |
Steve Willson
|
M
|
Practice Director
|
2000
|
Lloyds TSB
|
|
69
|
Davies Arnold Cooper |
Simon Howell
|
M
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
2005
|
Freelance
|
|
70
|
Farrer & Co |
Sue Shale
|
F
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
1999
|
Frere Cholmeley Bischoff
|
|
71
|
Brodies |
David Edwards
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2008
|
RBS
|
|
72
|
Hugh James |
Yvonne Thomas
|
F
|
Finance Director
|
1999
|
Leekes
|
|
73
|
Thomas Eggar |
Stephen Mugford
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2001
|
Osborne Clarke
|
|
74
|
Bircham Dyson Bell |
Rod Meade
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
2006
|
Allen & Overy
|
|
75
|
Dickson Minto |
Info Unavailable
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
76
|
Browne Jacobson |
Paul Harrison
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
1996
|
Paramount Clubs
|
|
77
|
Manches |
Spencer Dennis
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
1997
|
Moore Stephens
|
|
78
|
Freeth Cartwright |
Info Unavailable
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
79
|
Russell Jones & Walker |
Geoff Drake
|
M
|
Chief Operating Officer
|
2006
|
SJ Berwin
|
|
80
|
Morgan Cole |
Catharine Bray
|
F
|
Finance Director
|
1998
|
Price Waterhouse
|
|
81
|
Brabners Chaffe Street |
Janet Pickavance
|
F
|
CEO
|
1988
|
Info not available
|
|
82
|
Lewis Silkin |
Edward Gordon-Hall
|
M
|
Director of Finance & Administration
|
2005
|
Pritchard Englefield
|
|
83
|
Penningtons Solicitors |
Tim Wright
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
1987
|
Spicer & Pegler
|
|
84
|
Ward Hadaway |
Keith Milton
|
M
|
Commercial Director
|
2008
|
Pride Valley Foods
|
|
85
|
Fladgate |
John Goreing
|
M
|
Director of Finance
|
1989
|
Grant Thornton
|
|
86
|
Ashfords |
Sandra Vine
|
F
|
Finance Director
|
1998
|
Kangaroo Poo Limited
|
|
87
|
Geldards |
Jonathan Dancey
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2007
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
|
88
|
DMH Stallard Solicitors |
Robert Mojab
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
1996
|
Grand Transport Systems
|
|
89
|
Russell-Cooke |
David Owen
|
M
|
Head of Finance
|
2005
|
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
|
|
90
|
Forsters |
Douglas van Zijl
|
M
|
Head of Finance & IT
|
1992
|
Livingstone International Freight
|
|
91
|
Fasken Martineau |
Info Unavailable
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
92
|
Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons |
Lee Aston
|
M
|
Acting Finance Director
|
2009
|
KPMG
|
|
93
|
Wedlake Bell |
Iain Hooper
|
M
|
Head of Finance
|
2005
|
Xchanging Global Insurance Systems
|
|
94
|
Watson Burton |
Brian Wilson
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2007
|
Info Unavailable
|
|
95
|
Finers Stephens Innocent |
Philip Mitchell
|
M
|
Practice Director
|
1992
|
KPMG
|
|
96
|
Howes Percival |
Alastair Mearns
|
M
|
Finance Director
|
2008
|
Ward Hadaway
|
|
97
|
Burness |
Lindsey Hunter
|
F
|
Finance & Facilities Director
|
2002
|
GE Capital
|
|
98
|
Anderson Strathern |
Alan McGhie
|
M
|
Director of Support Services
|
1999
|
Fyfe Ireland WS
|
|
99
|
Gordons |
Alan Davies
|
M
|
Director of Finance & Administration
|
2009
|
YFM Group
|
|
100
|
Turcan Connell |
Murray Horne
|
M
|
Partnership Accountant
|
1998
|
Scot Oswald
|
Research as at: December 2009 - read about our research methodology