The Law Society and Solicitors Regulation Authority have jointly
appointed Alan Vallance to the new role of Director of
Organisational Services, with responsibility for finance, HR, IT
and facilities for the representative Law Society and the
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
The role reports to a new joint Law Society/SRA Business and
Oversight Board.
Alan joins from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology where he
was Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he spent 15 years in
senior management positions with Australia Post during a period of
significant changes to the postal market.
Alan qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst and Young in
London and held positions in the UK and Europe with Hertz before
moving to Australia.
Alan Vallance said:
'This is a time of significant change in the legal services
market, demanding responsive and reliable support services. Working
with the Board and with Law Society and SRA colleagues, in London
and the Midlands, I look forward to joining organisations with such
a strong heritage and talented people.'
Andrew Caplen, Deputy Vice President elect and co-chair of the
Business and Oversight Board said:
'Alan brings with him impressive experience of managing large
organisations during periods of change. In order to provide
exemplary services to our members, we rely on exemplary performance
from our finance, HR, IT and facilities teams, which I'm sure Alan
will be instrumental in delivering.'
Graham Chisnall, SRA Board member and co-chair of the Business
and Oversight Board said:
'Alan promises to bring strong leadership to the teams providing
vital shared services to the SRA and Law Society. He joins our
organisation at a time of great challenge and opportunity and I
look forward to working with him.'
Alan Vallance will take up his new role later this month.
The announcement follows the recent Law Society appointments of
Patricia Greer, formerly at the Cabinet Office, to the role of
Chief of Corporate Affairs and Nigel Spencer, formerly of Logica,
to the role of Chief of Commercial Affairs.
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Notes to Editors:
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representative for solicitors, established in 1825. The Society
works globally to support and represent its members, promoting the
highest professional standards and the rule of law.
The Law Society has 150,000 individual members and 11,000 member
firms operating in domestic and overseas markets and provides a
range of products and services for its members.
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of solicitors, the firms in which they operate and all those
working within those firms. We regulate more than 120,000
solicitors in England and Wales. For further information, go to www.sra.org.uk.