George Bisnought
Founder and Managing Director
George qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and has worked extensively in both private practice and within industry, predominantly as legal director for a number of global software companies. He established Excello Law in 2009 at the vanguard of a new era in legal services provision, addressing client demands for greater accessibility, quality and value for money.
Joanne Losty
Chief Operating Officer
Jo is a qualified solicitor who joined in 2009. As COO, Jo has responsibility for oversight of recruitment and HR in addition to being responsible for ensuring all touchpoints of the business – in particular those which lawyers come into contact with – are running to the highest levels of excellence.
Sarah James
Finance Director
Sarah joined Excello Law in 2019 with responsibility for management of the finance department within the firm. She is an experienced finance and HR professional, having previously worked as a senior manager within the offshore industry for Intecsea, which provides insight, engineering and project management.
Lesley Potter
Chief Marketing Officer
Lesley has spent over 20 years working in PR and marketing, across agencies, in-house – including as UK communications director for Compass Group PLC – and managing her own business. Her work has primarily covered business to business services across a range of sectors including IT and telecoms, professional services, leisure and hospitality.
Jessie Williams
Head of Risk & Compliance
Jessie is a qualified solicitor and joined us from a governance role at Ince. She has also worked in the banking sector with significant responsibilities for adherence to anti money laundering regulations and FCA rules. Jessie spearheads our risk and compliance programme and acts as a key point of contact for our lawyers and their teams.
Deon van Schalkwyk
Operations Manager
As our operations manager, Deon is responsible for managing the systems, office estate and all key infrastructure that supports our lawyers. He and his team have significant operational and project management experience within the legal sector.
Rebecca Lehec
Excello 360 Manager
Rebecca manages our central support services team – Excello 360 – which provides a wide range of organisational, administrative, secretarial and PA resources as needed by our lawyers, as well as providing bespoke induction and training programmes for lawyers, teams and firms transitioning to more agile working at Excello.
Ryan Lock
Senior Technology & Innovation Officer
Ryan worked in systems admin and development within a converged managed services provider before joining Excello. He is responsible for maximising the benefits of our systems platforms, looking for innovation within IT to support enhanced ways of working and acting as a central point of expertise on IT projects and queries.
Our support team
Jessica Middlehurst
Excello 360 Team
Jade Hughes
Excello 360 Team
Sharlene Chitrin
Excello 360 Team
Dorota Kozicka
Excello 360 Team
Angelika Tennyson
Management Accountant
Karen Speirs
Accounts Assistant
Steven Pennington
Senior Legal Cashier
Lindsay McCormack
Senior Legal Cashier
Joseph Cotgrave
Senior Legal Cashier
Trainee Solicitors, Paralegals and Legal secretaries
Abigail Woodcock
Trainee solicitor
Tristen Rogers
Trainee solicitor
Nicola Wright
Plot Sales Manager
Chris Parvin-Walsh
Senior Paralegal
Joanne Roe
Paralegal
James Robinson
Paralegal
Ismini Khatsadouri
Paralegal
Ronan McGee
Paralegal
Morfydd Thomas
Paralegal
Carole Spencer
Paralegal
Aryan Gupta
Paralegal
Diane Dunion
Consultant Insolvency Practitioner (non-appointment taking)
Olivia Ellis
Paralegal
Sam Lehec
Paralegal
Eleanor Juckes
Paralegal
Lisa Sharkey
Legal Secretary
Lyndsey McHugh
Legal Secretary
