Hannah Taylor

Director | Professional Services

UK

• Professional services
• Business development
• Communications
• Digital marketing
• Marketing
• Associate Director

• +44 20 7415 2840
• hannahtaylor@cartermurray.com
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Hannah is a specialist in marketing and business development recruitment for professional services firms within the UK and Europe. She joined Carter Murray in 2012, having completed a Master’s degree in Occupational Psychology and, since then, has built up an extensive network across business development, marketing, communications and digital within the professional services sector. She works with firms across legal, accountancy, real estate and management consultancy.

hannah’s Insights

What does a Client Development Manager do in a law firm?

• Posted January 9, 2026

The role of the Client Development Manager has become increasingly important in the modern law firm. As competition intensifies across legal services and professional services more broadly, law firms are focusing less on one‑off new business wins and more on long‑term client relationships, sustainable revenue and measurable value delivery. A Client Development Manager sits at […]

Professional services firms are preparing to hire again

• Posted September 12, 2025

As we move through the second half of 2025, professional services recruitment continues to reflect the broader economic and business climate. At Carter Murray, we specialise in marketing, business development and communications recruitment across the UK’s professional services sectors. Here are some insights on the challenges and emerging opportunities across the UK’s legal, accountancy and […]

UK professional services: momentum, investment and opportunity in 2025

• Posted August 12, 2025

The UK’s professional services sector continues to outperform the broader economy with strong M&A activity, international investment and sector-specific growth. For firms hiring marketing and business development professionals, this presents a unique opportunity to align recruitment strategy with market momentum. M&A activity: a catalyst for commercial hiring Professional services M&A remained resilient last year. While […]

Breaking the conventions: interview with Chris Wilsher, BDM Director at Collyer Bristow LLP

• Posted April 8, 2025

At Carter Murray, we connect Marketing and Business Development (BD) experts with firms across the UK’s professional services – from growing businesses to the world’s largest organisations. Our own Hannah Taylor sat down with Chris Wilsher – Director of Marketing & Business Development (BDM) at Collyer Bristow LLP – to discuss his role, the skills […]

What top three specialisms are clients looking for when hiring?

• Posted May 13, 2022

In part two of her professional services market update, Hannah Taylor highlights the top three specialisms that organisations are looking for when hiring marketers into their teams. If you would like more information about marketing recruitment within professional services, contact Hannah. 

Business Development and Marketing in Professional Services: The Future

• Posted May 13, 2022

In our webinar “Business Development and Marketing in Professional Services: The Future ” Hannah Taylor, Manager from our London team hosted a panel discussion with six Business Development and Marketing experts from across the UK. The speakers discussed how the current economic landscape is impacting their teams, their function and how the future of business development and marketing […]

Are your marketing tech decisions strategic?

• Posted May 13, 2022

In today’s digital age, technology and marketing go hand in hand. Companies have access to a range of information, and it would be remiss to not make the most of this data in order to hone their message. Marketing technology has become an integral part of the marketing toolkit in recent years, as brands recognise […]

60 seconds with…Dominic Ayres

• Posted October 8, 2020

Hannah Taylor, Manager at Carter Murray, recently spoke with Dominic Ayres, Business Development and Client Development Manager at Evershed’s Sutherland, about his experience this year within busines development and marketing as well as his advice for those starting their career within this space. Dominic is a Marketing and Business Development professional with 10+ years’ experience in marketing, client […]

Navigating Marketing, Communications & Business Development during COVID-19: Law Firms in the UK

• Posted May 8, 2020

Since March, the United Kingdom alongside the rest of the world has been dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. All businesses, industries and functions, including those in marketing, communications and business development have been learning to deal with a new way of working. We look back over the last month with insight from senior business […]

New roles being created in 2020

• Posted March 8, 2020

Hannah Taylor highlights that in order to remain ahead of the curve and keep their marketing approach current, many professional services firms are looking at where their skill set shortages are, adapting their hiring strategies and hiring professionals with experience from industries outside of professional services.  

Marketing in professional services: Q1 2020

• Posted March 8, 2020

In her latest interview, Hannah Taylor discusses how marketing in professional services is shaping up in 2020.   See more on Professional Services.

Law firm BD & Marketing: Challenges, Opportunities and Career Advice

• Posted January 8, 2020

Hannah Taylor from our London team recently caught up with Jeremy Ford, who leads European Marketing and BD efforts at Skadden, to discuss how he thinks marketing will develop in 2020. Hannah and Jeremy discuss a variety of topics including what challenges he believes he will face this year through to what questions he would encourage […]

Customer Lifetime Value

• Posted August 8, 2019

Understanding challenges & finding solutions Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) is a metric that all businesses would love to be able to easily measure so that marketers can say to the business “x% of customers have been with us for x years and they have downloaded x whitepapers and purchased x amount of products/services with us…and […]