Old Mill has announced that they will be hiring a new COO to focus on the growth of their company. The new COO will be Adil Taha. Adil played an instrumental role in turning around London law firm Child & Child and then assisted Gunnercooke LLP with its launch in New York.
As reported by Money Marketing on July 10th, 2023 by Lois Vallely.
Old Mill names new COO to further accelerate growth
Old Mill has appointed Adil Taha as its new chief operating officer to ramp up growth at the business and develop its operational infrastructure.
Old Mill is currently almost halfway through its ambitious five-year plan to double in size. Taha has been brought on board to work alongside chief executive Kevin Whitmarsh and the board to lead the business through the next three years of growth, and beyond.
He has extensive experience in leading operations and executing strategy to achieve high growth within a range of sectors including private equity, legal and investment banking.
Taha played an instrumental role in turning around London law firm Child & Child as its COO through a private equity strategy, before going on to launch a corporate boutique start-up law firm on behalf of Top 50 UK law firm Taylor Rose.
He then assisted the UK’s largest consultancy law firm, Gunnercooke LLP, with its launch in New York. Most recently, was commercial director at start-up law firm Mezzle, where he led the strategic international expansion of the firm’s unique consultancy model.
The role of COO is a new one at Old Mill, making Taha’s appointment a key strategic hire for the Somerset firm as it heads into its next stage of growth. His initial brief will be to complete a strategic review of Old Mill’s current operations.
Then over the next 12 months, he will use his extensive knowledge and experience to help restructure the business to enable faster growth in line with current strategy set by Whitmarsh and the rest of the senior team.
Taha said: “Old Mill has the drive and growth ambitions of a corporate but with the ethos and culture of a people-centric local business. That combination is something that doesn’t come along very often, and from the moment I met the board, and certainly Kevin, I could feel their passion for the business.
“I knew that, after a number of consultancy roles in an extensive portfolio career across three industries, I had found something I wanted to be a part of for the long term.”
Speaking about Taha’s appointment, Whitmarsh said: “The recruitment process for this role was vigorous, and there were several hugely talented and experienced candidates in the running for COO.
“Adil impressed us all with his ambition, drive, and alignment to Old Mill’s values. I as well as the Board and Leadership Team are looking forward to welcoming him to Old Mill to support us to achieve our growth potential.”
Chair Marina Griffin added: “Having spent my career working in senior operations roles across a range of businesses I know how effective a COO role can be in an organization.
“Old Mill has huge ambition, and we are excited to kick start the next stage of our growth, but it is important that we stay true to our values and culture.
“We are therefore really fortunate to have found in Adil, a candidate with the drive and ambition we need – and the shared values we want – to take the business forward.”
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