CSR structure

Our partnership secretary, Crispin Hain-Cole, is responsible for co-ordinating and driving our corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies forward, with direction from our senior partners, Konstantin Mettenheimer and Guy Morton, and chief executive Ted Burke.

In 2007, we began to put in place an international structure for developing our CSR programme. In each of our offices we now have a partner responsible for developing and implementing our CSR strategy and commitments, but some are at only the early stages of developing their programmes, reflecting the various cultures and sizes of our offices and the needs of the communities they work in. In the coming months we expect to see the respective CSR partners in our offices become increasingly involved in shaping our future programme.

Our head of CSR, Bea Malleson, provides specialist advice, while our community and pro bono committee, and environmental and diversity working groups agree the strategic direction for different elements of our programme. Konstantin and Guy also chair our strategic advisory group, from which we obtain external perspectives on CSR issues.

We have a CSR working group chaired by Crispin that helps to prepare our CSR report. The group includes:

• John Blain, partner, environment, planning and regulatory practice;
• Stacey Collins, health, safety and environmental officer;
• Angela Dunt, IT administration and training assistant;
• Michael Hertz, director of knowledge and business development;
• Giedre Kaminskaite-Salters, associate;
• Kate Laffar, head of internal communications;
• Bea Malleson, head of CSR and community investment;
• Anna Mitchell, head of communications;
• Clarissa O’Callaghan, head of pro bono;
• Julie Parsons, senior marketing and communications manager; and
• Alistair Southern, associate.