Karen Sutcliffe

Karen started out in 2018 as the manager of our Bristol, Keynsham and Weston-Super-Mare offices. She then took on Complex Crime which meant overseeing Manchester and London offices too.  She is now the Deputy Practice Manager (Maternity Cover). An experienced and accomplished manager, Karen joined Reeds bringing with her twenty years of experience in combined general management, customer service and HR roles. Karen is an accredited trainer with a background in finance (AAT) and management.

As Deputy Practice Manager, Karen now holds overall responsibility for the management of the Practice in all areas of services that we provide. Karen still retains management of the Birmingham, London and Manchester offices. This involves the day to day running of; personnel management; holidays/sickness, inductions and appraisals; plus facilities management within these offices. She is also responsible for health and safety including monitoring risk management, security and fire safety, petty cash and staff expenses.

Karen also supports accounts with monthly payroll and reporting. In addition to her role in overseeing the administration of the firm generally, Karen also undertakes the supervision of the Bristol Office Manager.

Karen is resilient, energetic, adaptable and well organised with outstanding leadership and team building skills and as such is an asset to the various teams she works with. She has in her previous career, managed multiple projects and programmes, proactively engaging with key stakeholders and influencing them and she actively thrives on managing a busy working environment, where deadlines and targets are a constant focus.

She has a wide spectrum of skills and abilities and is passionate about helping our staff work together to progress and grow, truly wishing to bring out the best in them.