Bernadette Stirling

Chief Client Officer

Bernadette Stirling is a collaborative and strategic leader who thrives on working with her teams to deliver innovative, client-focused solutions, fostering environments where individuals and organisations succeed through change and growth.


With over 20 years of experience across legal services and consulting, Bernadette has held senior roles at Clayton Utz, Accenture, and Mallesons Stephen Jaques. Bernadette’s expertise spans client growth and lifecycle strategy, revenue enablement, cross-practice collaboration, brand positioning and thought leadership, stakeholder engagement, and creating connected client communities. Throughout her career, she has successfully shaped go-to-market strategies and embedded client-centric approaches that strengthen market position and accelerate business development.


Bernadette is recognised for her ability to design and execute initiatives that unlock new market opportunities, integrate innovative solutions, and leverage data-driven insights to enhance client engagement. Her work consistently focuses on aligning business development, marketing, and sales efforts to achieve commercial outcomes and long-term client success.


Passionate about growth – for clients, teams, and organisations – Bernadette champions approaches that connect people, spark innovation, and deliver impact.

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