Swansea Constructing Society, with department places of work in Swansea, Mumbles, Carmarthen and Cowbridge, has appointed a brand new Non-Govt Director to its board – Sophie Thomas.
Thomas involves the function with over 13 years as a practising solicitor, specialising in business litigation with further vital expertise in property legislation.
The vast majority of Thomas’s authorized profession has been spent with JCP Solicitors in Swansea, the place she is at present Director and Joint Head of Business Litigation. This function sees her lead a staff offering a service to lenders recovering secured and unsecured enterprise lending from firms and people throughout the UK.
Thomas can be JCP Solicitors’ Coaching Principal, with duty for mentoring trainee solicitors and supervising their coaching contracts. She is listed within the Authorized 500 (the world’s main authorized listing) as a Subsequent Era Accomplice.
The solicitor – a Llanelli native with household roots within the city – can be a committee member of the Swansea and District Regulation Society and an Affiliate Member of Nara, the skilled Affiliation of Property and Fastened Cost Receivers.
The appointment comes as Swansea Constructing Society, established in 1923, is ready to rejoice its 100-year anniversary with a number of initiatives, occasions and fundraisers, all based mostly across the quantity 100, all through 2023.
Sophie Thomas, Non-Govt Director at Swansea Constructing Society, mentioned:
“I’m very excited to be taking over this new Non-Govt Director function with Swansea Constructing Society – notably because it celebrates a milestone as essential as its centenary. The Society’s success lately is a tribute to its staff and its customer-focused, common sense method to lending. I hope that the authorized expertise I carry to the function will help the society proceed on this profitable street, and allow it to assist much more individuals construct a extra financially safe future for themselves and their households.”
Alun Williams, chief govt officer at Swansea Constructing Society, added:
“We’re delighted to welcome Sophie to her new function of Non-Govt Director. Sophie’s skillset and expertise within the areas of business litigation and property legislation are sure to be an amazing profit to the Society and shall be invaluable in serving to us construct on our success and obtain our enterprise goals.”
