Director of Regulatory Enforcement
Saima Hirji
Saima Hirji was appointed as Director of Regulatory Enforcement in December 2024. The department encompasses the Bar Standards Board (BSB)'s end-to-end enforcement processes and is responsible for regulatory decisions about barristers who are regulated by the BSB.
Saima joined the BSB in January 2023 from the Nursing and Midwifery Council and brings a wealth of regulatory, casework and leadership experience. She is a qualified solicitor and started her career in criminal defence and human rights law. Saima has held a number of non-executive positions including as a Law Society Council Member; Law Society Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Member; charity trustee and Panel Chair for the College of Optometrists.
Director of Strategy, Policy and Insights
Ewen MacLeod
Ewen is responsible for working with the Board to develop our strategy for regulation in the public interest and meeting our statutory regulatory objectives. He oversees our work to understand the risks to those regulatory objectives in the market that we regulate and to ensure appropriate outcomes are achieved by our regulatory arrangements to address these risks, drawing on appropriate evidence and stakeholder views to meet the regulatory objectives (particularly in the BSB Handbook and related guidance).
He is also responsible for ensuring that we set appropriate rules to support equality and diversity at the Bar and that we ourselves comply with our equality and diversity reporting duties and assess the impact of new policies on different groups. Ewen joined us in 2011.
Before that, he undertook a variety of regulatory roles at the Scottish Water Commission and the General Dental Council, before working in central Government (Department of Work and Pensions) briefing ministers, developing policy and drafting legislation. He has a degree in Scots Law and a Master of Business Administration.
Director of Legal & Information Management
Alex Kuczynski
Alex joined the BSB in February 2025. A qualified solicitor, Alex has lengthy experience in the public sector and regulation. From 2020 to 2024, Alex was General Counsel and Executive Director of Corporate Services at the Financial Reporting Council. Previously, Alex was at the Financial Services Compensation Scheme from 2001 to 2020, lastly as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, and an executive director on its board. On qualification, Alex practised as a commercial litigation solicitor in the City of London. Alex is also a board member of the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority.
Our Resources Group Management Team
We share a range of support services with the Bar Council. The Resources Group Management Team consists of:
- Finance (including our Records Office and our Facilities Team)
- Director of Finance – Richard Cullen
- Information Services (including Project Management)
- Chief Information Officer – Poli Avramidis
