Vantage Professional Development Inc.

About Vantage Professional Development Inc.

Vantage Professional Development Inc. is a consulting firm located on Haymarket Place in the Westminster neighbourhood of London. The business provides accredited continuing professional development (CPD) for lawyers, offering interactive and practical programs designed to improve professional success and knowledge. The company provides a variety of educational offerings, including workshops on substantive legal topics, professionalism, and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Specifically, the business trains legal professionals in business-oriented skills such as networking, customer service, strategy, entrepreneurship, and financial statements, as well as client and business development. Additionally, the firm offers sessions focused on workplace efficiency, covering topics like delegation, time management, and docketing. The business was established over 25 years ago by Paula J. Puddy, who holds an HBA, LLB, and MBA. Her approach is informed by her dual background as a lawyer and an entrepreneur, as well as her extensive history in teaching and coaching within both post-secondary institutions and the private sector. Her experience includes serving as the former Director of Continuing Professional Development for the Middlesex Law Association, where she helped establish a high-quality regional legal programming provider. She also shares legal knowledge as a part-time lecturer at the Ivey Business School and a part-time professor at Fanshawe College.