Why do I believe that now is Weightmans’ time? People want great quality at the right price. They want to do business with people they love doing business with. And they want to work with transformed businesses that use data to inform their decisionsThat’s Weightmans. I was fresh out of my law degree when my Weightmans journey began in 1993. Since then I’ve pretty much seen it all, my vantage point is that of a close family member, I know it inside out. You may have met me as a client-facing lawyer, or even as a Professional Indemnity partner. That 10 years’ practising law is the basis of everything that I have done since. “Stuart is much more than a broker. He leads so well on driving projects to a successful conclusion. He makes the extremely difficult look easy. He is an outstanding strategic thinker and problem solver, at operational/project and board level. ”I believe that it’s no longer enough to be just a traditional law firm. We have to be technology-driven, data-led and innovators: we must lead in order to succeed. This is why industry peers describe me as 'a living Action Man of legal innovation' 🦸 I’ve even been recognised as a Legal Trailblazer in Legal Week’s 2022 Innovation Awards.“Legendary for asking ‘what is the problem you are trying to solve?’, Stuart has transformed the Business Services operations over the last 10 years. His knowledge outside of the legal world enables him to see connections others don’t.”My keen eye for seeing gaps inspired me to set up and lead the multi-award-winning Weightmans’ Innovation and Data Science teams to address challenges. We’ve solved client problem after client problem, as well as making ourselves increasingly efficient and positioned to offer better solutions to clients. That’s seen me spend a lot of time involved in client pitches and tenders.“Stuart is one of the few of us in the business that ‘gets’ innovation, technology and product. He can talk about it authoritatively and in particular identify ideas of how we might apply our capabilities to our clients’ real-world problems.”And it’s both a skill and passion of mine to lead cross-disciplinary teams, I’ve seamlessly integrated different departments. I’ve even been known to rebuild broken relationships and shake up stagnant thinking. “Stuart has a good idea of what other firms are doing [and] is externally recognised as a leader.”When I’ve taken off my ‘action man of innovation’ cape 🦸 you can find me with my lovely family and dog. I love to cycle, do weights, play guitar (badly) and am a black belt in karate.