This week I had the pleasure of catching up with Olga Gezha, who leads the SYKE presence in Russia. Olga was a customer of SYKE’s when she led a team at Pizza Hut UK, having previously worked within the Yum! brands in Russia at KFC before relocating to London. She has since returned to Russia…
This week I spoke to Giles Thompson, Head of Growth at Avvoka. A lawyer by trade (formerly Kirkland & Ellis and Herbert Smith Freehills) he is now a tech investor and entrepreneur. He has a degree in political science and as the son of a farmer, also thinks of himself as an agriculturalist and foodie.…
Claire is a Principal and National Teaching Fellow of the HEA and a highly innovative lecturer. She is the Director of External Relations in the School of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Humanities Leadership in Education Awards Programme (LEAP) Champion. Prior to that, she was the Director of Learning and Teaching at the School…
SYKE has appointed Sarah Barrett-Vane as its Head of Legal Procurement, Spend Management & Ebilling. She joins with immediate effect. SYKE, which recently celebrated its fourth birthday, has grown rapidly and is now the world’s foremost independent legal tech consultancy, with 90+ engineers based across the globe. Last week it announced the appointment of Jonny Badrock as Head of Data Services, and officially opened its doors in India with the establishment of a multi–disciplinary centre…
Stephane is a Senior Manager in the Contract Management team at Amadeus and has a background in engineering. He’s been with the company for more than ten years and leads the Contract Management team worldwide. He is responsible for strategic vision, helping the company drive efficiencies in contract management, including how to build and manage…
Initial Team of 25 Legal Engineers With Ambitious Plans to Expand Further in 2021 SYKE is delighted to announce it has officially opened its doors in India with the establishment of a multi-disciplinary centre of excellence. The team, which initially consists of 25 colleagues, is trained and certified in several leading CLM tools including Icertis, Thomson Reuters (Contract Express, HighQ, Tracker) and DocuSign Agreement Cloud, as well as having domain experience…
SYKE is delighted to announce the appointment of Jonny Badrock as its Head of Data Services. Jonny starts with immediate effect and will be responsible for developing, growing and leading SYKE’s Data Services practice. Jonny joins SYKE from DWF in Manchester, where he was Head of Research and Development for DWF Ventures. In his last role, he was responsible for leading the research and development team, helping DWF’s clients…