Orrick Adds Chief Digital Officer and Data & Business Transformation Team

2 minute read | September.27.2023

Leading technology executive Nigel Tranter has joined Orrick as Chief Digital Officer, leading the firm’s data and business transformation team.
He will focus on enhancing the firm’s performance and client service through use of data, AI and other hyper-productivity tools, and by reimagining staffing and processes. He will collaborate closely with the firm’s market leading Innovation team led by Chief Innovation Officer Wendy Curtis and IT team, led by Chief Technology Officer Justin Graham.
Nige was most recently Chief Technology Officer at Pinsent Masons and brings extensive experience in the finance sector, having served as Chief Information Officer at Gulf Bank in Kuwait and as Chief Architect of Europe and Middle East Retail & Business Banking at Barclays.
Joining with Nige is a 5-person team, including Head of Data Chad Schuessler and Director of Business Transformation Adam Marsland. The team will be based in Birmingham, UK.

“We are at a pivotal moment as a profession in advancing our ability to integrate data- driven insights and new technologies into client advice and the business,” observed Orrick Chair Mitch Zuklie. “With the creation of a Chief Digital Officer role and the commercial experience Nige brings, we are aiming to be leaders in this transformation, which is essential to practicing at the highest level in the tech, financial and energy sectors and attracting and inspiring the top talent of the future.”

“I’m thrilled to join Wendy, Justin and the rest of the stellar Orrick team. Orrick has long been known as an innovator in everything they do and it’s a unique moment to advance the firm’s strategy through a heightened focus on data and process,” said Nige.

Nige serves on the British Legal Technology Forum and Supertech West Midlands advisory boards, as a judge for the British Legal Technology Awards, and is frequent speaker at industry conferences, sharing his insights and experiences.

Orrick’s innovation platform includes a legal tech venture investment initiative; Orrick Labs, an internal skunkworks for the development of technologies not available in the market; and a 10-professional Innovation Team. Financial Times has named the firm among the top 3 most innovative law firms for seven years in a row. The firm ranked top 5 for technology adoption on the 2023 American Lawyer Mid-Level Associate Survey.

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Specifically, Nige and his Orrick team are focused on four questions:

How can we continually improve our use of data, providing sophisticated analytics, insights and data-driven decision making?
How can we use AI to support the business?
How do we adapt to the digital workplace, continuing to evolve and embed emerging digital capabilities in conjunction with increasing digital skills for our team?
How can we reimagine existing business processes, ensuring they are optimized and fit for purpose?

He collaborates closely with Orrick’s Chief Innovation Officer Wendy Curtis, Chief Technology Officer Justin Graham and the firm’s leadership to answer these questions and deploy solutions.

Nige is a seasoned technology and innovation leader. He draws on extensive experience in the financial sector, including serving for four years as Chief Information Officer at Gulf Bank in Kuwait and for 10 years as the Chief Architect for EMEA at Barclays. He also served as Chief Technology Officer at Pinsent Masons.

Nige serves on several legal technology advisory boards and is a judge for the British Legal Technology Awards, an accredited One Million Mentor and an ambassador for Stemnet in the UK.

During time off, you’ll find Nige usually on a cycle or trekking with his dog. He has also been known on occasion to take part in Sportives and playing cricket.

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