Emma Pearmaine is Managing Director at Ridley and Hall Solicitors, and winner of the Yorkshire Law Awards Managing Partner of the Year Award 2020.
As a family and matrimonial specialist for over 25 years, she has represented clients in divorce and children cases across England and Wales.
In 2018, Emma was shortlisted in the Forward Ladies National Awards 2018, Female Entrepreneur of the Year category in Yorkshire, North East and Scotland.
In 2014 she won the Modern Lawyer ‘Lawyer of the Year’ Award.
Emma has been a member of the Multi Party Family Courts Parliamentary Group, is a Past President and current Director of Leeds Law Society, and current Vice President of The Yorkshire Union of Law Societies. She has judged at the Yorkshire Law Awards and Insider Magazine Awards.
Emma’s focus is now on her role as Managing Director, and she leads the Ridley & Hall management team, employing over 124 people across Yorkshire.
Emma is married and is the very proud mother of 2 grown up sons. In her spare time, she loves to be with her family and friends, she cooks up a storm in the kitchen, enjoys walking the dog in the countryside and loves a good book.
Andy Clarke is the Head of Strategic Partnerships for Ahead Partnership, who are experts in creating youth engagement programmes around the world of work. He leads on building the organisation’s presence nationally and specifically leads on their work with the public sector in addition to the organisation’s work on green skills, legal and transport careers. Prior to this, Andy worked in corporate affairs for a decade. In this time, he worked for a Member of Parliament and prior to joining Ahead Partnership, he was the Head of Corporate Affairs for Manchester Airport, where he was responsible for reputation and building relationships with key stakeholders, including local, regional and national Government. In his spare time, he is on the Board of the Fragile X Society, a disability charity.
I am an Environmental Practitioner Degree Apprentice at Mott MacDonald, based in Leeds. I began my apprenticeship journey 18 months ago, immediately after completing my A-Levels. During this time, I have developed a strong interest in waste and resource management and environmental coordination, with a keen desire to further explore sustainable practices. As the apprentice early career professionals (ECP) lead for the Water & Environment unit at Mott MacDonald, I actively engage in initiatives to promote apprenticeship opportunities. I am currently pursuing a degree in Environmental Management, with the aspiration of becoming a Chartered Environmentali
