Madeleine Jenness

Madeleine is the Head of Business (Education and Training) at Hook Tangaza. Her role is to develop Hook Tangaza’s services in education projects and consultancy.

In her current role, she is also responsible for promoting and strategically developing Costs Lawyer training with prospective students and their employers as part of Hook Tangaza’s ongoing work with the Association of Costs Lawyers Training. This work follows on from Madeleine’s previous role as Head of Education for the Association of Costs Lawyers Training where she led the development of a new qualification for trainee Costs Lawyers, developed its training and registry operations and was successful in gaining course accreditation with the Costs Lawyer Standards Board.

Prior to joining Hook Tangaza, Madeleine was at the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), where she headed delivery of the Society’s professional development strategy, encompassing qualifications, CPD, university partnerships and embedding academic standards and quality assurance across STEP’s Qualifications and Membership Framework. Madeleine was also secretary to STEP’s Academic Community, an international network of academics promoting further research in the fields of knowledge relating to trusts and estates where she managed their annual programme and global symposium in Asia. She led on a redesign of STEP’s Diploma, development of STEP’s education offer in China and an accreditation scheme for members in the US. Madeleine has experience of working within the legal sector, higher and further education and working with PSRBs. She has a particular interest in international education having managed several international programmes.