Blank Rome Hires Ashton Batchelor as Chief Innovation and Value Officer
- Significance
- Medium
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Why this matters
Blank Rome is buying the talent to run AI at scale. A meaningful marker of where the firm's capability is heading.
Blank Rome hired Ashton Batchelor, formerly Chief Value and Analytics Officer at Robins Kaplan, as its first Chief Innovation and Value Officer, co-leading the firm's AI transformation and Innovation Lab.
- Significance
- Medium
- Source type
- Trade Press
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