Marie Walls
Business Development & Marketing Director
Marie is the Business Development & Marketing Director at Rothera Bray Solicitors. Before moving into a business development role, Marie specialised in catastrophic injury cases for 18 years.
Expertise
- Business Development
- Marketing
- Strategy and planning
- Client relationship management
Approach
Marie oversees the strategy and business development projects within Rothera Bray to help drive business growth.
Marie is passionate about business and has a flair for listening to business owners and understanding their challenges and needs in order to help them meet their objectives.
Marie works with clients and referrers across a broad spectrum of sectors including professional services and the broader market and industries.
Career Highlights
- Marie was a solicitor and partner at Nelsons before becoming Business Development Partner in 2008
- Marie joined Rothera Bray as Head of Business Development in May 2022
- Former Chair of Derby Headway
- Former member of Trent Strategic Health Authority Neurosciences Carers and Users Group
- Former member of the Brain Injury Specialist Interest Group, coordinated by Nottingham Traumatic Brain Injury Service
Experience
Experience
16+years
- The Lace Market
- m.walls@rotherabray.co.uk
- 0115 865 8512
Experience
Experience
16+years
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