Former global CFO and CTO joins Foot Anstey as non-executive director

By Peter Davison

4 October 2023

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Jason Haines

A world-class finance, technology and operations expert has joined Bristol-based law firm Foot Anstey as a non-executive director.

Jason Haines recently retired after a 16-year tenure at Allen & Overy where he was finance and operations director for the international law firm.

He oversaw a comprehensive range of IT and business services, including the intricate back-office infrastructure.

Previously, Jason held the position of global chief technology officer at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Jason's career journey has traversed a wide spectrum of industries, including legal, consultancy, and manufacturing.

His ability to adapt and excel across various sectors speaks to his versatile leadership skills and his capacity to drive strategic change and innovation.

Martin Hirst, managing partner at Foot Anstey, said: "Jason's appointment is a significant step forward for Foot Anstey.

"His exceptional experience in steering organisations through complex technological and operational landscapes is aligned with our next phase of growth.

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"He will make a welcome addition to our board, and we are excited to have him contribute to the firm's ongoing success."

Jason said: "I am impressed by the firm's commitment to innovation and excellence, and I look forward to contributing my insights and expertise to help shape its future direction in an ever-changing legal landscape."

By Peter Davison

Peter Davison is deputy editor of The Business Magazine. He has spent his life in journalism – doing work experience in newsrooms in and around Bristol while still at school, and landing his first job on a local newspaper aged 19. By 28 he was the youngest newspaper editor in the country.

An early advocate of online news, he spent the first years of the 2000s telling his bosses that the internet posed both the biggest opportunity and greatest threat to the newspaper industry and the art of journalism. He was right on both counts.

Since 2006 he has enjoyed a career as a freelance journalist. He lives in rural Wiltshire with one wife, two children, and three cats.