Harbor appoints new president amid raft of changes and UnitedLex hires Yerra Solutions founder as chief client officer 

Edited 12 January to appropriate the heading which initially mentioned Integreon as an alternative of UnitedLex

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Authorized know-how consultancy Harbor right this moment (11 January) introduced the appointment of Lisa Ellis-James as president. Ellis-James will report back to chief government officer Matt Sunderman, and lead Harbor’s international apply teams and key enterprise operations groups, together with the expertise, IT, integration, and administration departments.  

Ellis-James was most lately chief working officer at Ogletree Deakins, which is a Harbor shopper. Previous to that, she was with Boston Consulting Group for 18 years in roles that included shopper service and international apply administration; agency operations; senior director main international operational improvements; and chief of workers of its operations management group.  

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“Lisa brings a novel mix of management expertise in skilled providers in addition to the authorized trade, and understands what it takes for organizations to alter, innovate, and develop,” mentioned Sunderman. “Her strategic insights and operational savvy will assist us strengthen collaboration and integration throughout Harbor, and I’m thrilled to have her on board.”  

“As a former shopper, I used to be at all times impressed with the excessive caliber of expertise, the spirit of partnership, and the standard of labor delivered by this group,” mentioned Ellis-James. “The worth proposition we now provide as Harbor is unparalleled, as we advise purchasers on technique, implement authorized know-how, help operations, and supply insights in regards to the quickly altering authorized trade. I’m impressed with the world-class expertise that Harbor has assembled and energized to be a part of this rising group.”  

Harbor has made different organizational updates this week to its go-to-market group. Kaye Sycamore has moved into a brand new position of chief income officer, whereas persevering with to steer advertising and marketing and model technique, reporting to Sunderman.  

Kevin Clem will proceed as chief progress officer for companies and group, whereas Chris Ryan is elevated from EVP of shopper engagement to chief progress officer for regulation companies. 

Elsewhere, UnitedLex additionally introduced right this moment that it has employed Rajitha Boer, founding father of Yerra Options, as chief shopper officer. She is going to deal with international shopper progress and retention, particularly within the European and Asia Pacific areas, and enhancing shopper expertise throughout all strains of enterprise. 

Instantly previous to UnitedLex, Boer labored at US-headquartered threat administration firm Breakwater helping with EMEA and APAC operations. She based Yerra Options in 2013 earlier than promoting the corporate to Elevate in 2019.  

“In my expertise, too typically authorized departments and regulation companies accept imperfect options that don’t remedy their challenges utterly,” mentioned Boer. “UnitedLex’s tradition of innovation and collaboration aligns intently with my perception that higher options are usually not solely potential, however completely important to satisfy the growing mandate to create enterprise worth and mitigate threat.”