Two new members appointed to the CLC’s governing council

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), the regulator of property and probate lawyers, has appointed two new members to its governing council.

Sarah Ryan and Victoria MacGregor were selected from hundreds of applicants to join the Council, which has a majority of lay members working alongside professional conveyancers and probate lawyers.

Both appointments are for an initial term of up to four years, which can be renewed for a further four.

Sarah Ryan

Sarah, who joins as a professional member, is a licensed conveyancer who set up her own firm, Sail Legal, last year after more than 20 years’ experience in strategic management roles. Previous positions include national practice area head at Simpson Millar, where she oversaw the financial, strategic and operational management of the private practice area, chief executive officer at Jolliffe and Co and head of conveyancing at Co-operative Legal Services.

Sarah, who is a magistrate in her spare time, also served as non-executive chair of CILEx Regulation’s strategic risk committee prior to joining the CLC. The committee is responsible for reviewing applications from firms that wish to become regulated businesses and for approving, rejecting or revoking licences.

Victoria MacGregor

Lay member Victoria, former head of public affairs at EDF Energy, is currently director of network strategy and standards at Citizens Advice.

Over the last six years, she has successfully delivered a number of high-profile projects including a campaign to recover £287m for consumers from the profits of energy companies and the launch of the Citizens Advice Energy Star rating, which provides independent advice on the customer service standards of different energy suppliers.

She coordinated the organisation’s Covid response, including implementing freephone across its phone services, and set up a £51m multi-channel service to help Universal Credit claimants, which to date has supported more than half a million people.

Victoria is also non-executive director of Rebel Energy, a start-up energy company, advising on strategic direction, customer service standards and engagement.

Dame Janet Paraskeva, chair of the CLC, said:

“The CLC was able to choose from an impressive field of candidates when making these appointments.

“I know that Sarah and Victoria will make a significant contribution to the consumer protection work of the CLC and enable us to continue fostering competition, innovation and supporting our regulated community in the provision of high quality, accessible legal services.”

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