The Professional Alternative
Derek Southall is a prominent figure in the technology, digital, and innovation advisory sectors, currently serving as the Founder and CEO of Hyperscale Group, a company Derek established in May 2017, focusing on legal and compliance teams, professional services, and strategic consulting. Alongside this role, Derek is a Director and Co-Founder of The Professional Alternative, and a Founding Director of The Intuity Alliance, which comprises three specialist businesses aimed at aiding business leaders. Additionally, Derek holds influential positions as an Advisory Board Member for the Institute for Global Innovation, Chairman and Founder Member of LITIG, and Non-Executive Director at Fliplet. Previously, from 1990 to 2019, Derek had a significant career at Gowling WLG, where Derek held several key roles including Partner and Head of Innovation and Digital. Derek began their career as a Corporate Finance Lawyer at DLA Piper after earning an LLB Hons in Law from the University of Birmingham.
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The Professional Alternative
The Professional Alternative (TPA) is a leading eLearning & compliance platform focused on optimising organisational performance for law & accountancy firms, the development of people and enhancing operational skills. It boasts an impressive array of content and offers a one-stop shop for the learning & compliance needs of all levels and most importantly supports L&D teams to deliver the right learning to the right people in a modern, practical format. TPA's aim is to improve digital learning & development processes, support compliance training requirements, and also help save budget. The platform and content has been designed to support hybrid working, the regulatory competency requirements and in particular, if firms are struggling with developing people skills to drive performance output, this is exactly where The Professional Alternative can help by creating a firms very own digital training academy within the platform which is hosted and managed on their behalf. Professional service firms face ever-changing business issues relating to their people, clients and technology. TPA brings together the required learning, expert knowledge, templates, and guides to overcome these challenges - equipping you to operate more efficiently, with innovative industry-led content that will upskill your entire firm while reducing consultancy and L&D costs.