Our Team
Paul Wilson
Paul has spent 26 years successfully leading law firms in UK and Canada. Uniquely his experience covers barristers and solicitors in a wide-range of legal specialisms (public and private) in firms ranging from 12 to 110 partners.
He has operated as key leadership / strategic adviser to the senior partners and partnerships in the roles of Chief Executive, Chair of Board, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. He facilitates leadership teams to build increased partnership engagement, purposeful investment, and consistent improvement in profitability.
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2017 – 2025 - Chief Operating Officer
WeirFoulds LLP, Toronto, ON, Canada
2015 – 2017 - Managing Director
Smart & Biggar, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2006 – 2015, Chief Executive / Chair Board
Shakespeare Martineau, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2000 – 2005, Chief Executive
St Philips Chambers, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Melanie Gammon
Mel has spent the last 18 years building high performing cultures in professional services. Prior to this she was a hands-on HR Director in industry. A qualified Executive Coach she has immense experience dealing with the wide range of partner, practitioner and staff challenges that arise as firms’ change and we work across generations.
Mel has worked at the most senior levels of Deloitte in Canada making sense of the changing people environment and helping leaders make decisions to drive improve leadership training, employee experience and translate that to profitability.
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2020 – 2025 - Partner, People and Culture
Deloitte Canada
2019 – 2020 - Chief of Staff to Chief Cultural & People Officer
Deloitte Canada
2018 – 2019 - Director, Strategic Projects
Deloitte Canada