Karen Jacks

Bird & BirdChief Technology Officer

Karen is the CTO for Bird & Bird providing strategic planning, delivery and support of IT solutions, innovation, information security and telecommunications to 29 offices in Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia and the US.

Karen has overseen the rapid expansion of Bird & Bird into many new territories since 2000 and has built the international team and solutions to support this. She has led the firm through a number of technology and business projects and is a regular and active contributor to articles and conferences in the UK and internationally particularly in legal IT, legaltech and emerging technologies in the UK and internationally. Karen enjoys taking part in panel discussions and round tables on innovation, the legal technology landscape and current topics. She is involved in a number of advisory boards and is a keen supporter of diversity in technology working with other leaders and organisations.