Michael Mahony, Partner
Well, The Berkeley Partnership, I think is very simply a group of talented, like-minded individuals who want to work together and who recognise that the sum of the parts is greater than the whole.
Charles Scott, Partner
We set out, quite deliberately, to create an environment and a firm that was not only incredibly highly regarded by the market and by our colleagues, but also always a terrific place for our people to work.
Michael Mahony, Partner
We've been in business for 20 years and there are 50 of us. That's not stellar growth by any means, and the reason for that is that we are very, very careful about finding the right people to work in this firm.
Charles Scott, Partner
We are a very successful business, and we're a successful business based on taking a very long-term view of client relationships, and just setting out to do what is right for the client.
Juliet Armstrong, Partner
You genuinely feel you're part of the client team. You feel like you are an extension of their management team, and some of the more traditional client/supplier, more arms-length, transactional relationships, we don't experience that at all. And I think that's a great working environment.
Berkeley was really cleverly designed right from the start, in terms of values and aspects of the firm, and those have sustained 20 years later; obviously we've evolved things and changed things but those core values and those initial aspirations for the sort of organisation that Berkeley should be are still very much here today.
Michael Mahony, Partner
That touch stone of what we want – we're creating an environment for us, not for anybody else, it's a really important differentiator I think. Everybody else starts talking about what are they doing for their customers and clients – that's not the point. What are we doing for us? Customers and clients – it'll all follow.