ONP Group has restructured with a new leadership team which it says will spearhead the company, driving it forwards and taking a new partnership approach with brokers, panel managers and lenders in particular.

Nick Hale was recruited last year to head up the group as CEO. He was previously managing director of Ventures, part of the BT Group, European MD of Enjoy Technology, and has also worked as a director of KPMG and within Accenture.

Hale (pictured) has spent the past few months putting a leadership team in place which can reshape the ONP Group for the future. His fellow members of the executive team include both Craig Underwood, appointed as chief operating officer, and Mark Tosetti, group partnerships director, both of whom joined from Optima Legal towards the end of last year.

The ONP Group comprises O’Neill Patient Solicitors (ONP), Cavendish Legal Group, Grindeys, Conveyancing Alliance (CAL), LMS and LavaTech. It has offices around the UK and is looking to increase this number, initially focusing on a new office in Leeds.

Hale said: “The ONP Group has grown rapidly to become one of the largest conveyancing firms in the UK. Our goal now is to continue that growth but to do it in a sustainable and manageable way that puts people at the heart of our operation. By people, that means our colleagues and the partners we work with, including brokers, lenders and panel managers, and of course the end customer.

“We believe there are better and smarter ways to carry out conveyancing by utilising the best and newest technology, while also working collaboratively to innovate and do things differently. Our aim is to ultimately improve the way that conveyancing is carried out across the industry.

“We now have a really strong executive team across the group, bringing together a mix of leaders from inside and outside the industry, who are all focused on achieving these aims and in turn, achieving growth. But this is not growth at any cost. This is manageable growth that will also deliver the very best service.”