Simon Thompson Email & Phone Number

Chelmsford, GB

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Founding member of Change Harbour Ltd. Utilises extensive experience in leading edge law firm management, enabling firms to implement innovative solutions to deliver operational effectiveness and support revenue growth.Main areas of focus include organisational design, process improvement and the alignment of firm-wide systems and structures with business.

London, England, United Kingdom

Reporting directly to the London managing partner, responsible for leading all business services functions within the Baker McKenzie (BM) London office. As a member of the BM London management committee, led the office through its two most financially successful years ever.

In April 2007, he was appointed Global Chief Operating Officer, responsible for leading all of Linklaters’ Business Services globally. As a member of the firm’s executive committee, Simon was responsible for setting Business Services’ strategy and coordinating all of its activities (HR, Finance, IT, Knowledge Management, Risk, Marketing, Strategy.

• Simon joined Linklaters LLP in 1994, becoming Director of ISS in 2001. Simon developed Linklaters’ information systems technology, organisation and governance strategy, leading to the true globalisation of IT services.
• the development of Linklaters’ E-commerce legal service offerings: including Blue Flag Advisory, and Clients@Linklaters
• formulating the strategy for and leading the implementation of a global thin client IT infrastructure for the firm.
• consolidation of the firm’s global IT infrastructure within three data centres.
• the successful deployment of fully integrated systems following a number of significant international mergers and joint ventures.Between 2001 and 2003 Simon led a global/firm-wide implementation of SAP (‘Programme.