Mello Jones & Martin Appoints Practice Director
January 9th, 2006
Mello Jones & Martin Barristers and Attorneys, one of Bermuda’s leading professional services firms, is pleased to announce the appointment of R. Peter Weedon as Practice Director, effective January 9th, 2006.
In his new role, Mr. Weedon will be responsible for the business management and strategic planning for the firm, and his remit includes finance, IT, marketing, human resources and facilities. He will work with the eight partners in managing the firm, and will be supported by the administrative team. He will report to the Partners of the firm.
Prior to joining Mello Jones & Martin, for five years Mr. Weedon was on contract with the Bermuda Government as a Management Consultant with the Department of Management Services. In this capacity, he worked with various Government organizational units such as the Attorney General’s Chambers, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Labour, Home Affairs & Public Safety, H.M. Customs as well as the Department of Human Resources. As a consultant he was responsible for major transformational assignments. “My role was to support senior management in implementing change,” Mr. Weedon said. He noted that the experience with the Government ministries has provided him with a valuable understanding of the island, and he added, “I understand the Bermuda workplace and its culture.”
Prior to moving to Bermuda, Mr. Weedon worked for the Monitor Company, a global strategy consulting leader based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For 20 years prior to that he was with Grant Thornton LLP, a Canadian chartered accounting firm, in its management consulting practice and for three years he was the firm’s Managing Partner in the Halifax consulting office with four partners and eight other professionals. Mr. Weedon holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto. He is a Certified Management Consultant and was made a Fellow in 1990.
While Mr. Weedon’s career has been centered on strategic planning and consulting, his experience is wide ranging. His consulting practice covered the major business disciplines and addressed the needs of private, public and non-profit sector clients. At one point he owned and managed a pre-Confederation heritage inn which included its own notable restaurant.
Andrew Martin, Partner, Mello Jones & Martin, said:
The Practice Director is the business leader of the firm, which leaves the lawyers to do what they do best—practice law. Peter has wide variety of experience in the onshore and international business sectors and I am confident he will provide excellent leadership for the firm. I am delighted to welcome him to Mello Jones & Martin.
Mr. Weedon is a Past Chairman and Board Member of Victoria General Hospital, Atlantic Canada’s largest tertiary care teaching hospital and a Past President of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Canada. He was recognised in Canada’s Who’s Who from 1994 – 2000.
In his free time, Mr. Weedon enjoys genealogy, golf and long distance open water swimming.