DWF Group plc announced that the new business structure will also see a number of regional leadership positions created, and these members will join the Group's Executive Board with effect from 1 May 2021. Allison Page will join the Executive Board as Regional Managing Partner for the UK & Ireland. Ignasi Costas, one of the co-managing partners of DWF-RCD in Spain, will assume the same position for Europe, Middle East & Latin America, with Damien van Brunschot taking on the role for Australasia. Hilary Ross, formerly managing partner of the London office, joins the Executive Board as Head of Clients & Markets. Hilary was also formerly head of DWF's Retail, Food & Hospitality (RFH) sector and is the lead client partner for a number of the Group's largest RFH clients. She is implementing a plan to embed DWF's Integrated Legal Management approach across the client base. In addition, Kirsty Rogers, the managing partner of DWF's Manchester office, has been appointed as Group Head of ESG. Kirsty has a strong track-record in supporting the Boards of a number of institutional clients in developing their own ESG strategies. She will now develop a wider ESG strategy for the Group to be implemented later this year. These changes to the Executive Board will further improve gender diversity, with 40% of Executive roles held by women from 1 May. Further, there are new leadership positions for each of the global practice areas that will sit within the Legal Advisory division, with a third of these roles held by partners outside of the UK. Together, these leadership changes reflect the truly global, diverse, modern, efficient and expert business DWF.