Arabella Chichester, Dr Sinead Gibney and Tom Weinberg will take over from co-founders Dan Perrett and Simon Laver, who after 20 years, will transition to non-executive roles in the employee-owned company.

Chichester and Gibney will be appointed as global senior partners and will be responsible for the long-term strategic development and accelerating commercial growth of the company, the company said.

Chichester has been at Perrett Laver for 12 years and has been global head of the Social Impact and Environment practice for the last eight. She scaled and diversified Perrett Laver’s Social Impact and Environment practice to become one of the leading advisors in the sector.

Gibney steps up into the new position having been managing partner for Ireland and joint managing partner for Europe. During her 10 years at Perrett Laver, she established and led the firm’s operations in Amsterdam and Dublin, while continuing to grow Perrett Laver’s Research, Technology and Innovation, and Higher Education practices across Europe.

Tom Weinberg will take on the role of global managing partner and will oversee the professional management of the organisation, “ensuring that it continues to be a profitable and growing company and delivers on its core operational commitments”, the announcement said.

Weinberg comes to the role having been at Perrett Laver for 12 years as joint managing partner for the UK and global head for Knowledge and Innovation Economies. He has grown Perrett Laver’s work across Latin America and the Middle East, co-led Perrett Laver’s largest region through a significant period of growth and spent two years in the US helping establish the company’s first office there.

Celebrating the announcement of the new leadership team, co-founders Laver and Perrett said: “We are thrilled to be passing on the leadership of our firm to a talented group of partners who are poised to lead the business to new heights of growth… This transition represents a pivotal milestone in our firm’s history, and we are both deeply gratified to be a part of it. We recognise that as leaders in the business of finding talent, our new global leadership team will have a profound impact on society as a whole, and we are proud to have entrusted this responsibility to such an exceptional team.”

The announcement of the new leadership team coincides with key steps taken over the last 12 months including the company’s recent geographical expansion and key hires in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa. Perrett Laver will continue to support key organisations in sectors including higher education, social impact and the environment, research, technology and innovation, schools, arts and culture, government and sport.

Perrett Laver serves clients in over 70 countries worldwide and has offices in 17 countries.

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