Julia Hayhoe
Chief Strategy Officer, Baker McKenzie
Julia is the Chief Strategy Officer at Baker McKenzie and sits on the Global Executive Committee working closely with the Chair an EC on the development, communications and implementation of Firm Strategy. This includes interpreting market trends, innovations, competitive opportunities and threats, then adapting strategy to these changing market conditions and client demands to achieve competitive market growth.
Julia is particularly interested in the way that innovation and technology are enabling Lawyers and other business professional to change the way they work and shape the future of the legal profession.
At Bakers, Julia is also a member of the BakerWomen Leadership Team, which operates as a think tank for the Firm on gender diversity and the routemap to achieve the Firm’s gender targets.
Julia is a Lawyer by background, working in private practice and spending time on secondment at a pharmaceuticals client. She subsequently spent 7 years as a management consultant focussing on Strategy, Leadership and Client Relationship Development. Three of those years were spent living and working in the US (New York & Washington DC).
Julia holds a Law degree, MBA and postgraduate studies in Organisational Behaviour & Design and Change Management and is an accredited business coach.