Fletchers Group has announced the promotion of four senior colleagues who will become managing directors (MD).
The promotions recognise the critical contribution that each of them has made to the group and reflects Fletchers’ need to expand their leadership capacity as it continues its rapid growth.
The new MDs are:
Caroline Morris will become MD of Serious Injury Law.
Caroline (bottom right) joined Fletchers in May 2017 and is recognised as one of the leading catastrophic injury lawyers in the country. She has overseen the expansion of the Serious Injury practice to a team of over 150 over the last two years, including the acquisition of Serious Injury Law in February 2024. She will now take responsibility for leading all the Personal Injury teams in the Group.
Peter Rigby will become MD of Clinical Negligence.
Peter (top right) began his legal career with Fletchers 15 years ago as a well-respected Serious Injury lawyer before taking on the leadership of the Clinical Negligence practice. He has overseen the shift of the practice towards multi-track and catastrophic cases and built the largest Clinical Negligence team in the UK that will represent one in four of the cases that will start proceedings this year.
Georgia Briscoe will become MD of Medical Law Services (MLS).
Georgia (bottom left) joined Fletchers as a leading Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury lawyer and became a Director of our Clinical Negligence practice before taking on responsibility for transforming Fletchers operations in 2021. One of her recommendations was to launch MLS, Fletchers’ specialist medico-legal company, which she has led since its inception in May 2024. MLS has already become the largest pagination operator in the sector with around 180 colleagues and a rapidly expanding set of products.
Charlene Mann, Director of Transformation, will become MD of New Acquisitions and Scott Rees & Co.
Charlene (top left) joined Fletchers in 2022 as Director of Transformation, following a career leading change in multiple businesses, most recently the Co-Operative Group. During her time with Fletchers, she has overseen a dramatic transformation of the Group, including six acquisitions, four new offices, the introduction of Partners and Associates, and over £5m of investment in new technology. Following the announcement of Fletchers agreement to acquire Scott Rees & Co, Charlene will now step into the lead the new acquisition when the deal completes next month and carry forward that role to future acquisitions made by the Group.
The newly promoted Managing Directors will join Peter Haden, Alex Lynch, Adrian Denson, Alex Kenny and Zoe Holland MBE as part of the Executive Committee, the senior leadership team running the group.
Explaining the promotions, Fletchers Group CEO, Peter Haden, said: 'The new roles will address some of the extra challenges brought about by our recent growth, helping lead a more complex and sophisticated business and meeting the high expectations of our colleagues, clients and partners.
'I’m incredibly proud to recognise and celebrate the promotion of these exceptional leaders. All four have contributed significantly to the success of our firm, and I’m confident in their ability to step up to the added responsibility as we move ahead with our ambitious plans for 2025 and beyond.
'This announcement is also testament to the ongoing success of our leadership development programme that helps us build the leadership capacity we need to expand from within the business.'
