Christina Blacklaws

Christina Blacklaws is Ogier's Non-Executive Director.

Background and experience

Christina is chair of LawtechUK, a government body at the nexus of law and technology. She brings specialist insight into legal technology and innovation, providing strategic challenge and guidance to Ogier’s AI programme.

Christina, who was President of the Law Society of England and Wales until July 2019, has a proven track record of running successful practice groups, firms, and membership organisations, initiating change and introducing transformation projects. She set up the Co-op as the first Alternative Business Structure under the Legal Services Act and, more recently, has been Director of Innovation at a top 100 UK firm.

She is a forward thinking senior leader with a quarter of a century’s experience of law firm management, leadership and public service. Commercially minded and financial astute, she now runs her own consultancy providing strategic advice focussing on transformational change, technological development and diversity and inclusion, as well as holding a number of public appointments.

Christina is passionate about, and a champion of, diversity and inclusion, technology, access to justice, mental health and well-being. She is also a multi-award winning published author, speaker and lecturer and frequent media commentator.