Fletchers Solicitors has appointed Vikas Shah MBE as a non-executive director to its board.

With an extremely impressive career spanning over 20 years’, Vikas has a wealth of experience in business management and is one of the UK’s highest profile entrepreneurs.

Vikas is CEO of Swiscot Group, an international trading business, and is a venture investor in numerous businesses across the world. In 2012, he also co-founded feature film studio, 53 Degrees North.

Vikas is a member of the UK Industrial Development Advisory Board (advising Ministers on business and industrial strategy) and sits on the Digital Advisory Board of The British Council.

On the Fletchers Solicitors board, Vikas will work with the Fletchers executive team to help the firm remain at the absolute cutting edge of entrepreneurial and innovative thinking. He also brings a wealth of governance and external engagement perspectives, crucial as Fletchers grows year on year.

Vikas has recently been appointed as Honorary Professor at the University of Manchester, and also received an MBE for Service to Business and the Economy in the Her Majesty the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List this year. Since 2013, he has been a visiting professor of entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan School of Management on The Lisbon MBA.

Founder and Chairman of Fletchers Solicitors, Rob Fletcher, said the appointment of Vikas was a huge accomplishment for the firm and would strengthen the board immensely:

“On behalf of the board, I am very pleased to welcome Vikas to the team. He has an incredible career history and has led many international businesses to success over the years. His extensive experience will add to the expertise of our existing board of directors as we continue to grow our business in line with our vision of becoming a profitable, sustainable, people centric law firm.”

Commenting on his appointment, Vikas Shah said:

“Fletchers Solicitors has an excellent reputation as the leading medical negligence and serious injury law firm in the country and has seen a fantastic level of growth over recent years. As the newest member of the board, I am looking forward to contributing to the ongoing success of Fletchers, particularly by consulting and advising on how to scale up and move the business to the next level. The firm has some ambitious goals for 2018 and beyond, and I can’t wait to get stuck in and help it exceed each one.”

For more information, please visit www.fletcherssolicitors.co.uk