Pauline Freegard MBA
About Pauline Freegard MBA
Pauline Freegard is a Strategic Account Manager with extensive experience in the legal tech sector, focusing on business strategy and change management. She has held various leadership roles, including Director of EMEA Consulting at Tikit and Director of Business Development at Ochresoft, and has a strong background in managing commercial relationships within law firms.
Current Role at BigHand
Pauline Freegard serves as a Strategic Account Manager at BigHand, a position she has held since 2023. In this role, she focuses on helping law firms optimize their use of the BigHand technology suite. Her expertise lies in aligning technology solutions with the strategic goals of legal firms, ensuring they can effectively implement their future plans.
Previous Experience at Tikit
Prior to her current role, Pauline Freegard worked at Tikit as the Director of EMEA Consulting from 2016 to 2017. Based in London, she was responsible for consulting services across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions, focusing on enhancing business strategies within the legal tech sector.
Background in Legal Technology Sales
Pauline Freegard has a significant background in sales and business development within the legal technology sector. She worked at LexisNexis in various roles, including New Business Sales Manager from 2001 to 2008 and Sales Manager and Business Development from 2008 to 2012. Her experience includes managing commercial relationships with C-level contacts at law firms, as well as working at Ochresoft as Director of Business Development & Sales from 2012 to 2015.
Educational Qualifications
Pauline Freegard holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Henley Business School, which she completed from 2012 to 2016. She also earned a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Bristol from 1992 to 1995 and a BSc (Hons) in Applied Chemical Sciences from the University of the West of England in 1996.
Entrepreneurial Ventures
From 2017 to 2022, Pauline Freegard owned a legal business consultancy, which included the Calico Legal Solutions Group. This initiative involved a unique marketing collaboration with 16 non-competing suppliers to the UK legal sector, focusing on providing comprehensive solutions to legal firms.