Founded in 2000 by managing director, Wendy Blakley, Quorum Corporate Services Limited is a firm of Chartered Company Secretaries providing company formation and corporate legal consultancy services to professional firms, commercial organisations and individuals.
Wendy qualified as a Chartered Company Secretary in 1998 and was admitted as an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries in the same year. Wendy is former Deputy Chairman of the Chartered Secretaries in Professional Practice Group (“CSPPG”), a group of Chartered Secretaries who provide services to professional firms of accountants and solicitors.
The larger accountancy firms represented in the CSPPG are Deloittes, PwC and KPMG and legal firms Taylor Wessing, Baker & Mackenzie and Lovells, to name a few.
For almost 20 years Wendy worked for and eventually became Partnership Secretary of one of the country’s leading law firms, Frere Cholmeley Bischoff, based in the legal district of London. In 1998, Wendy moved to another major City corporate law firm, now one of the largest in Europe, Taylor Wessing, to take on the role of Head of the Company Secretarial Department, a microcosm of specialist company secretaries based within the heart of the firm’s large and successful corporate practice.
In 2001, Wendy made the move from London to Chobham to start up her own corporate compliance and company secretarial consultancy firm and Quorum Corporate Services Limited began trading life on 1st February 2001. Based in Chobham High Street, Quorum, has been instructed by many professional accountancy and legal practices as well as individual businessmen and women. The core areas of instruction are in business startups and also in providing professional support to established companies, both in terms of statutory maintenance and legal services with an emphasis on corporate compliance.
In 2007 the team at Quorum was complemented by the arrival of Christine Jones as Senior Advisor. Christine’s background has predominately been in the Banking Industry where she worked for 20years, dealing with Corporate and Personal customers in a managerial capacity. During her lengthy career with the Bank Christine advised many ‘Start up’ companies, guiding them through the complexities of incorporation and getting started in business. Christine has also a wealth of experience in key business areas including: book-keeping, payroll and accountancy services. As well as achieving many internal banking qualifications, in 1997 Christine also gained a Diploma in Personal Computer Business Management with distinction.
Quorum Corporate Services Limited
Quorum Corporate Services Limited is a long established firm of Chartered Company Secretaries providing company formation and legal compliance services to organisations and individuals.