Meet the Team
Our people come from a wide range of backgrounds which means they are able to adapt their approach to suit your business, and provide you with practical and realistic advice
Pam Loch
Solicitor and Managing Director
Alex Kiernan
Solicitor and Director
Bruce Jenner
Trainer and Director, Loch Wellbeing
Caroline Denbow
Solicitor and Director of Legal Compliance
Alice Aldridge
Solicitor
Laura Foster
Solicitor
Joe Milner
Solicitor Advocate
Ellie Sawyer
Paralegal
Olivia Bobbett
Trainee Solicitor
Sally Bedeau
Business Manager, HR Advise Me and Loch Wellbeing
Sue Ranson
HR Consultant
Leanne White
HR and Business Operations Manager
Helen Budd
Associate HR Consultant
Seonaid Macdonald
Performance and Career Coach
Tracy Jones
First Aid for Mental Health Instructor
John Scott
Mediator
Rick Watts
Trainer
Jacqui Green
Associate Coach
Janice Hennessy
Counsellor
Ellie
Chief Officer of Morale
Pam Loch
Solicitor and Managing Director
Pam set up Loch Associates Group in 2007 to respond to the need for commercial and bespoke solutions for clients. She has continued to evolve the business to respond to client needs and is now proud to have services offering solutions in all elements of HR and employment law.
As well as being the Managing Director of Loch Associates Group, Pam has also been a specialist, award-winning employment law solicitor for over 20 years. Her passion for finding solutions to help businesses manage and look after their people is reflected in the development and success of the four businesses across the group.
Unusually Pam is a dual qualified solicitor, being admitted as a solicitor in Scotland and England & Wales. Clients like her pragmatic, commercially focussed approach and solutions. Pam is a prolific networker and seasoned commentator on the TV and radio on employment law and HR issues.
Pam is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and has the following qualifications: BAdmin (Hons); LLB (Distinction); DIP in Legal Practice; and ACII.
Whilst proud of her Scottish heritage, Pam has lived in the southeast for many years with her family and Ellie our office dog. She enjoys walking Ellie, keeping fit, spending time with her family and a nice glass of wine.
Alex Kiernan
Solicitor and Director
Alex is an Employment Law Solicitor and Director of Loch Employment Law. He started as a trainee with us in 2012. With particular experience in Employment Tribunal claims, Alex also provides advice on all aspects of employment law including grievance and exits, breaches of contracts, discrimination, redundancy, TUPE, contracts and handbooks and settlement agreements. Alex is also experienced in providing debt recovery support for businesses.
Alex is a regular employment law commentator on BBC radio and regularly delivers presentations and webinars on employment law and HR topics.
Alex was admitted as a solicitor in 2012, is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and has the following qualifications: LLB (Hons); and LPC.
Originally from Kent, Alex recently moved to Burgess Hill with his wife and 2 young children, Ivy and Oscar. He is enjoying renovating his house and developing a mini vegetable plot in his garden!
Bruce Jenner
Trainer and Director, Loch Wellbeing
Bruce has over 30 years’ experience as a nurse managing NHS A&E departments. He was also a member of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces as a Commissioned Officer and has been deployed operationally to Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bruce has turned his expertise to training, health, and wellbeing with his experiences in the military having highlighted how important prevention is to enable a long and healthy life. From a career in dealing with patients in hospitals and soldiers on the ground, Bruce has devised Loch Wellbeing’s Wellness Checks and Proactive Absence Management solution for employers to reduce absenteeism and improve staff engagement.
Caroline Denbow
Solicitor and Director of Legal Compliance
Caroline qualified as a solicitor in 1994. After qualifying as a lawyer, she specialised in employment law for a large City law firm and then moved to work as an in-house Employment Lawyer for Harrods. She advises clients across a wide range of employment issues including: change management; restructuring and redundancies, advising on employment contracts and handbooks to protect businesses, sickness absence, flexible working and maternity and parental leave, holiday pay, equal pay and working time, managing employee performance, exits and disputes between Directors, Shareholders and Partners.
Caroline also heads up our Legal Compliance team, leading our GDPR and Data Protection Services as well as providing audits and HR compliance services to clients.
She has the following qualifications: BSc (Hons); CPE; Solicitor’s Final Examination.
Olivia Bobbett
Trainee Solicitor
Olivia joined Loch Employment Law in 2021 initially as a Legal Secretary while she completed her LPC and Masters in Law with Distinction at the University of Law (Bloomsbury). She is now a Trainee Solicitor. Olivia works closely with Pam Loch and the team of solicitors advising and supporting our clients.
Olivia has previous experience as a Litigation Paralegal and she has the following qualifications: BA(Hons) Food and Professional Cookery, First Class, GDL, LPC Distinction, LLM Distinction.
In her spare time, Olivia continues to use her expertise from being a pastry chef at the Savoy Grill and taking her cockapoo Bella for long walks.
Alice Aldridge
Solicitor
Alice is an experienced Employment Solicitor advising employers and employees across a wide range of sectors. With a particular expertise in advising clients in the regulated services sectors, she regularly provides pragmatic commercial advice on employment terminations and associated claims including unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, breaches of contract and bonus claims. Alongside this she advises clients on redundancies, restrictive covenants, employment contracts, shareholder agreements, long term incentive plans, LLP agreements, and settlement agreements including at the most senior levels. She is often representing clients in Employment Tribunal and High Court claims too.
Alice was admitted as a solicitor in 2008, specialising in employment law since she qualified, and she has the following qualifications: BA (Hons); GDL; and LPC.
Laura Foster
Solicitor
Laura joined Loch Employment Law in 2021 as a Solicitor. She specialises in navigating complex conduct and grievance processes and has a proven track record in supporting the successful defence of high-profile discrimination claims. Laura’s most recent experience has been in house with the NHS where she was at the cutting edge of dealing with discrimination and other claims.
Laura’s role in the NHS gave her a unique insight into life at the “coal face”, managing people at all levels of a large and diverse organisation, and a flexible approach to providing advice, tailored to individual needs. She has combined this with her extensive commercial experience and awareness developed during her legal career working in London and Jersey.
Joe Milner
Solicitor Advocate
Joe joined Loch Employment Law in 2013 initially as an Administration Apprentice and worked with us while he obtained a First Class law degree from Canterbury Christ Church University. After training to become a Barrister, he then became a trainee solicitor and in January 2021 he qualified. Joe has also become a Solicitor Advocate and is part of the employment law team representing clients in Employment Tribunals and Civil Court claims, unfair dismissal, breach of contract, discrimination, unlawful deduction of wages, whistleblowing, contracts and handbooks. Joe is also experienced in providing debt recovery support for businesses.
Joe has the following qualifications: LPC Distinction; LLM BPTC (called to Bar in November 2018); and LLB (Hons), First Class.
Ellie Sawyer
Paralegal
Ellie originally joined Loch Associates Group as an Administrative Assistant in 2017 and after several promotions is now working as a fully qualified Paralegal with Loch Employment Law. Ellie is also experienced in providing debt recovery support for businesses.
Sally Bedeau
Business Manager, HR Advise Me and Loch Wellbeing
Sally joined HR Advise Me in 2015 and has over 20 years’ experience working in HR across both the public and private sector, operating at strategic and front-line levels. She is CIPD qualified.
Sally’s pragmatic approach allows her to advise managers on employee relations such as absence and performance management, maternity leave and flexible working. She also assists on TUPE transfers and redundancy processes.
Sally particularly enjoys training others and is often presenting training in person or remotely in general management training which guide on getting the best out of staff.
Sue Ranson
HR Consultant
Sue joined HR Advise Me in 2020 having previously working in HR roles across various industries. Sue uses her HR expertise to guide clients through their day to day HR challenges and works with them to ensure they have the right policies and processes in place for their business. Sue is also CIPD qualified.
Helen Budd
Associate HR Consultant
Helen Budd has over 25 years’ experience working in HR across the hospitality, catering, and medical industries.
Her extensive knowledge collaborating with businesses has enabled her to assist with organisational changes as well as managing complex employee issues on behalf of clients.
She has specialist knowledge of organisational change, project management, employee relations and resourcing.
Deborah Haworth
HR Consultant
Deborah is a commercially experienced HR professional having delivered both strategic and operational HR roles. A specialist in managing change, she supports clients with effective employee management practices alongside developing people and processes for growth.
A qualified trainer and psychometric tool practitioner, she has extensive experience improving the performance of individuals and teams believing that people and service will provide businesses with a competitive advantage.
Leanne White
HR and Business Operations Manager
Leanne is responsible for our Internal HR. She joined Loch Associates Group, having previously worked in HR across the investment and insurance sectors.
Leanne lives in Tunbridge Wells with her husband and 2 children. She has recently taken up running again and is now confidently running 5KM.
Kodou Cham
Accounts Assistant
Kodou works as an Accounts and Administration Assistant and is AAT qualified. She liaises with clients over their invoices and happily answers any queries.
In her spare time Kodou DJs and can often be found spinning the decks nationwide on a Saturday night.
Tracy Jones
First Aid for Mental Health Instructor
As a qualified Mental Health First Aid instructor, Tracy is passionate about educating others on the impact of mental ill health in the workplace and how to support colleagues who are struggling. This has always been important but has become a very real concern exacerbated by the Covid pandemic and highlighted the need to focus on mental health.
Tracy has over 25 years’ experience working in HR and facilitating training across the hospitality, retail, and manufacturing industries.
Tracy brings a balanced, practical approach to everyday people challenges and has a wide experience of HR related issues. Additionally, she is an experienced facilitator, designing and delivering training to management teams in all areas of leadership.
Rick Watts
Trainer
Rick Watts has over 20 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse since qualifying in 1993. He has worked in various NHS critical care areas, including cardiothoracic and burn units. He is vastly qualified and is currently a Resuscitation Officer within the NHS.
He was a Commissioned Officer in her Majesty’s Armed Forces and has been deployed operationally to Iraq. He continues to work with the Army Reserves as a Staff Officer and as part of the Military Faculty providing Life Support courses to Defence Medical services personnel prepared to deploy overseas on operations.
Rick also has a wealth of experience as an instructor and Course Director for the Resuscitation Council (UK) in Advanced Life Support and Emergency Paediatric and Paediatric First Aid.
John Scott
Mediator
John uses his many years’ experience as an HR practitioner to resolve disputes at employee, shareholder and boardroom levels, having first-hand experience of the complexities of managing large international teams. An empathetic and imaginative communicator, he quickly engenders trust and facilitates difficult discussions from a position of calm authority. He has successfully dealt with many difficult people and organisational issues across the globe, often at time of rapid political, economic, or business change.
Janice Hennessy
Counsellor
Janice Hennessy is one of our Counsellors who provides counselling services to employers. She has worked with many organisations over the past 25 years in the private, public and charitable sectors. As well as being CIPD qualified she is a qualified teacher, counsellor and coach. She supports individuals to work through their development issues and help them to look holistically at solutions that are tailor made for the individual by the individual.
Seonaid Macdonald
Performance and Career Coach
Seonaid’s broad business experience enables her to confidently support and challenge
her clients, providing insight which enables their personal development and a commitment
to action. Her approach is results driven, grounded in practical action, identifying
and enabling the core strengths of the individuals and teams she works with.
Seonaid is unique as a coach in that she can prove a return on your Investment through
her state of the art coaching platform and methodology which has been given Exemplar
status from the National Scale Up Institute.
Seonaid is an accredited member of the British Association for Coaching, is certified in
OPP MBTI 1&2 coaching, New Level Curve Practitioner, Prophet Insight Psychometrics,
Framework 4 Action High performance Team coach, NLP Practitioner.
Jacqui Green
Associate Coach
Jacqui Green is an Associate Coach working with Loch Associates Group and our clients. An experienced coach and mentor, Jacqui focusses on the delivery on personal development and champions the idea that everyone should have access to coaching and mentoring throughout their careers, rather than just more senior members of staff and executive teams.
Jo
Finance and Business Operations Assistant
Jo joined the team in September 2020 as a Finance and Business Operations Assistant. In her spare time, Jo enjoys watching her son play football and loves interior design.
Ellie
Chief Officer of Morale
Ellie is Pam’s Spanish Water Dog. Working as Chief Officer of Morale, she can often be found lounging around the office!