Expansion of Global Team at ContractPodAi Fueling Advancement in the Realm of Legal Artificial Intelligence
ContractPodAi, a pioneer in legal GenAI and a leading CLM provider, has made strategic additions to its team, further bolstering its legal expertise and driving go-to-market growth. The British-based company, with offices in London, New York, Glasgow, San Francisco, Toronto, Sydney, Mumbai, Pune, and more, continues to transform legal document processes, offering real-time analysis and enterprise-ready innovation.
Enhancing Legal Intelligence with Jeremy Coleman
Jeremy Coleman, a seasoned legal professional with extensive experience from Norton Rose Fulbright, has been appointed as Vice President of Legal Research and Development. In this role, Coleman will lead efforts to advance Leah’s legal intelligence. At Norton Rose Fulbright, he served as Director of Innovation, where he reimagined legal service delivery, led testing and selection of generative AI tools for lawyers, and scaled innovation programs. His focus is on embedding nuanced legal reasoning into Leah’s AI outputs, ensuring alignment with complex legal and regulatory frameworks.
Shaping Leah’s Legal Reasoning with Kate Poppitt
Kate Poppitt, a recognised "Key Lawyer" in sanctions and international trade by The Legal 500, joins ContractPodAi as the Director of AI Programs (UK). With over a decade of expertise from firms like Hogan Lovells and Dentons, Poppitt will shape Leah’s legal reasoning and output quality. Her deep compliance, regulatory, and advisory knowledge will refine Leah’s AI capabilities for legal and regulatory precision.
Driving Global Growth with Tara Bennett and Antoni Chrysostomou
Tara Bennett, with two decades of enterprise technology leadership, has been appointed as General Manager, EMEA and APAC. In this role, she will head commercial and customer-focused operations across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. Her appointment supports go-to-market growth by managing regional scaling, sales, and customer success for Leah, broadening the AI platform’s adoption and market impact.
Antoni Chrysostomou, with experience in LegalTech and sales leadership, joins as Vice President of Sales, EMEA. Chrysostomou’s background in scaling sales organizations will underpin market penetration and revenue growth, enabling ContractPodAi to capitalize on growing legal AI demand and scale Leah’s commercial presence.
Ensuring Customer Success with Chris Smith
Chris Smith, with experience from Box, Coursera, and Cledara, has been appointed as Vice President of Account Management. Smith will manage client relationships and account growth strategies, ensuring successful adoption and customer satisfaction that foster long-term growth of Leah’s platform.
These hires bring deep legal expertise and commercial acumen, reinforcing Leah’s technological evolution with grounded legal insight and operational scaling. Together, they help Leah deliver intelligent, regulatory-compliant AI solutions while meeting global market demands for contract and legal lifecycle management.
Follow ContractPodAi on LinkedIn and Instagram for the latest news. These new hires reflect ContractPodAi’s strategic investment in global scaling, with combined expertise across legal, technical, and commercial domains. The new hires will accelerate the deployment of Leah, ContractPodAi's AI solution, and strengthen its impact across legal, compliance, and procurement functions.
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- Jeremy Coleman's appointment as Vice President of Legal Research and Development at ContractPodAi will help advance Leah's legal intelligence, focusing on embedding nuanced legal reasoning into Leah's AI outputs to ensure alignment with complex legal and regulatory frameworks, similar to his work at Norton Rose Fulbright.
- With Kate Poppitt, Director of AI Programs (UK) at ContractPodAi, the company is shaping Leah’s legal reasoning and output quality, utilising Poppitt's deep compliance, regulatory, and advisory knowledge from her experience at Hogan Lovells and Dentons to refine Leah’s AI capabilities for legal and regulatory precision.
