5: "What does it take to become the best?" Ben Wilson meets Tess Bridgman, G.C. of the Year
Tess Bridgman says one of her greatest strengths is constantly asking more questions for further clarity, so that she’s all over the detail. It’s a skill that’s served her incredibly well. The most recent winner of the coveted 'General Counsel of the Year' prize at The Lawyer Awards, she was only 34 years old when she helped rebuild recycling and waste disposal firm Cory Riverside Energy Group into the financially focused business it is today. So how did Bridgman do it? What has she learnt? And what can other lawyers listening learn from someone as hyper-competent as Bridgman in order to raise their own game?