Stephen Wright Email & Phone Number

Head of the Property Team

Non-Exec Director / Trustee

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Operations Manager: responsibility for staff and volunteer team management and leadership, recruitment & HR, health & safety, finance, data protection, compliance, communications, buildings investment and facilities management. Responsible for day to day efficient and effective running of a large church (250 members / 500+ weekly attendees). Trustee of the.

Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland

Assisting in the leadership of an International church near Geneva, Switzerland, during a career break.

London, England, United Kingdom

• June 2015 – July 2016 Head of Legal, Property and Planning
• Leading and managing a team of property and planning lawyers and support staff through a process of change, following the merger of two functions to create an efficient and effective stream-lined team; supporting and.
• Participating fully as a member of the Leadership Team of the wider Directorate and Corporate function during a time of restructuring and cost-cutting.
• Conducting a full review of our external Legal panel resulting in a new and smaller panel to maximise efficiencies, improve quality assurance and achieve significantly better value for money - outsourced work totalled.
• Leadership on planning strategy, advising JLP and Waitrose boards and property teams on development process, detailed technical and legal advice, risk management, public affairs & local engagement, and team management.
• Assisting in the leadership of the Legal Directorate through a period of change and significant growth over 8 years. Helping to steer the team from a detached group of technical specialists operating in “silos”, to an.

London

Sept 2001 – Aug 2003: trainee solicitor, completing seats in Banking Regulatory Law, Planning & Public Law, Pensions Law and Insolvency Litigation.Sept 2003 – July 2007: practicing as a Planning Solicitor, working on a range of town planning projects for landowners, developers, retailers and councils.