Elisabeth Bellamy

Following a law degree at Oxford University, Elisabeth qualified as a solicitor in 1987. She is usually just known as Lis.

Her early legal career included working for larger law firms in the UK and Singapore.

In 2001 Lis became the managing partner of a law practice in Chester. Lis brought the disciplines, standards and expertise learnt from her experience with leading law firms and applied them to managing a smaller and very successful practice. Over the next 11 years the business grew and successfully overcame some challenging business situations. This was achieved by taking an active approach to managing the business and with a determination to get the best out of all personnel.

Lis delivers the rare combination of the insight of an experienced legal fee-earner with many years of law firm management. For the last 3 years Lis has worked as a management consultant.

Lis was a member of the Law Society Professional Standards and Ethics Committee for 6 years and is now a member of the Board of Legal Ombudsmen. She is also a non-executive director of Archery GB

Lis’s Skills Include:

General Business Management
Business Development
People and Change Management including employee engagement
Customer Service
Financial Acumen

And specifically for legal practices:
Complaints Handling
Professional Standards and Ethics
Risk Evaluation
Compliance Support

Jed Hassid

Jed graduated from the University of Manchester with a BA in Economics and Econometrics and subsequently obtained an MBA from Manchester Business School.

He is a highly experienced business coach whose main areas of expertise include strategic and business planning, performance management and business decision making.

Jed is a high growth expert having coached over 70 high growth businesses with Winning Pitch and previously a strategic marketing consultant with Ci Research and Robson Rhodes.

Jed has worked with a range of companies from SMEs through to Multi National Corporations, typically helping them to focus on delivering value to customers and hence to their stakeholders.

Jed is known to be an innovative thinker who is not afraid to challenge the perceived wisdom of business owners and to make them re-examine their own preconceptions.

Jed’s Skills Include:

Strategic planning
Business planning
Financial forecasting
Scenario planning
Strategic marketing
Market research
Business performance improvement
Developing performance culture
Change management
Leadership Coaching

Ultimately, Jed is a catalyst for change and gets things done on time and on budget.