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‘Fiercely independent’ – Walker Morris chief on leading the largest single-office firm outside London

‘Fiercely independent’ – Walker Morris chief on leading the largest single-office firm outside London

When taking on the managing partner role at Leeds firm Walker Morris in May 2024, Jeanette Burgess felt she was ‘inheriting a very stable ship.’

She took over a £74m firm which had just recorded its third consecutive year of double-digit growth, and had set out its ‘Ambition 27’ target of hitting £100m by 2027.

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