Andrew Hedley

Director, Hedley Consulting

Andrew Hedley is a prominent adviser to the legal sector. He works with firm leaders on issues of vision, strategy, growth, profit enhancement, performance improvement, merger and change management. In addition to project work and retained advisory roles, he is much sought after as a strategy group guide, partner retreat speaker, workshop facilitator and moderator. Andrew is a respected contributor to specialist strategy and management publications. He is a keynote conference speaker, media commentator, regularly writes for the sector media and is the author of Developing Strategic Client Relationships (2008), Client Strategy in a Changing Legal Market (2011) and The Law Firm Merger: A Leader's Guide to Strategy & Realisation (2014). He sits on the Advisory Board of the Managing Partners’ Forum and is Chairman of the Judging Panel of the MPF Awards for Management Excellence. Andrew is also Chair of Judges for The LawNet Awards. He has also judged The Lawyer Management Awards and the Legal Marketing Awards. He sat on the Editorial Board of Managing Partner magazine for over a decade and the Advisory Boards of the Winmark CEO Network and The Lawyer Business Leadership Summit. Andrew has spoken on the Nottingham Law School's MBA in Legal Practice and the Postgraduate Certificate in Legal Practice Management at Manchester Law School. He is the Course Director of the Cambridge Marketing College Diploma in Professional Services Marketing, the only CIM accredited qualification for those in the professional services sector. He has been admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, the Strategic Planning Society, the Chartered Management Institute, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Cambridge Marketing College and the Royal Society of Art. He is a member of the Triple Nine Society.