Akash Bir, MBA

Director, Legal Talent | Calgary

403.206.6384

Portrait of Akash Bir

Overview

Akash oversees the firm’s legal talent in Western Canada with support to the National Talent team. He provides professional and performance management, while acting as the point of contact for all coaching and mentoring to the current legal team as well as prospective hires in Western Canada.

With strong recruitment expertise, Akash’s solid networking and educational background will assist in building the necessary ties between Miller Thomson’s goals and the National Talent department’s priorities. He has built a strong candidate and client base in Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto with knowledge and insight into the Vancouver market which allows him to help develop vital growth and support to the current team as well as future candidates.

He joins Miller Thomson from a national recruitment firm where he served as Director for the last 5 years, providing highly professional and comprehensive legal recruitment and related services for companies and law firms across Canada and internationally.

He has strong ties to the legal community through his involvement as the current Western Chapter President of the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL) as well as his training efforts with Global Lawyers of Canada.

Corporate directorships

  • President, Western Chapter, Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL)

Languages spoken

  • Punjabi
  • Hindi

Education

    • MBA, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, 2018