Katchr's Podcast
Katchr's Podcast
Podcast Description
Katchr’s mission is to help law firms continuously increase the value they gain from their data. We do that by both providing the market leading data analytics platform plus educating, informing and sharing knowledge from the industry's thought-leaders.
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Content Themes
Focuses on law firm management, data analytics, and legal marketing with specific episodes covering topics like risk mitigation strategies, data-driven marketing approaches, and the implications of effective change management within law firms.
The Katchr Podcast explores the numbers, strategy and future of the legal sector. Hosted by Graham Moore, each episode brings practical insight from experienced advisers and industry leaders working closely with law firms.
Created for senior leaders across law firm management, finance, data, IT, risk and marketing, the podcast cuts through complexity to support clearer thinking, stronger decisions and a better understanding of what’s really driving firm performance.
Today, the Finance Systems role has moved beyond technical stewardship of the finance system. It demands strategic oversight of SaaS vendors, cloud migrations, data models, dashboards, and cross-firm governance. In this episode of the Katchr Podcast we are joined by Ashley Maw who explains how Bird & Bird transitioned from static financial reports to interactive Power BI dashboards serving partners, sector leads, and country heads.
Ashley discusses the realities of adoption, why finance teams crave stability even while innovation accelerates, and how to strike that balance. The conversation also explores how AI is beginning to reshape billing compliance and reporting workflows, and what firms must get right in their data estate before AI can deliver real value.
For UK law firm finance systems leaders, this episode offers a candid look at the pressures, opportunities, and skills required to lead finance transformation in 2026 and beyond.
About Ashley
Ashley is the Head of Finance Systems at Bird & Bird, an international law firm known for its focus on technology and the digital world.
He is responsible for overseeing the firm’s financial technology infrastructure and driving digital transformation within the finance department and more widely throughout the firm.
With nearly 25 years’ experience implementing legal financial systems and solutions in all sizes of firms on both the law firm and software supplier side, Ashley applies a pragmatic approach to meeting the various challenges faced by large international law firms.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-maw-36185b10/
https://www.twobirds.com/en
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