Jim Cummings
Founder, Chairman and CEO
After a career with Olivetti selling Visible Record Computers to law firms, Jim recognised the profession needed better tools to manage their businesses. In 1978 he founded Pilgrim and has devoted his energies to the company ever since. A keen golfer and football supporter (he was a director of Aberdeen FC for some years) Jim is responsible for Pilgrim's culture, innovative thinking and 'client is king' approach to business.

Mike Wallace
Development Director and CTO
Mike joined Pilgrim in 1994 and was the chief architect of LawSoft®. This was the first U.K. legal PMS written from the ground up to run in a native MS SQL Server environment. Mike has remained Pilgrim's main visionary ever since and as C.T.O. Mike is responsible for identifying new technologies and how these can be incorporated within LawSoft® to drive business benefits for our clients. Mike is a keen golfer and watcher of most sports.

Robin Boyle
Operations Director
As Operations Director Robin is responsible for all aspects of the implementation and support of Pilgrim's solutions. Robin has worked with law firms for over fifteen years and has a detailed knowledge of how their businesses need to run. Outside of Pilgrim, Robin is a keen cross-country runner and accomplished skier.


David Thorpe
Sales and Marketing Director
David joined the board of Pilgrim early in 2006 following nearly thirteen years as the European General Manager of Elite. In a career of twenty-six years in legal IT, David has worked with hundreds of practices across the U.K. and Continental Europe and brings that experience to Pilgrim and its clients. A self confessed geek, in his spare time David "messes with (messes up) computers" and is a keen digital photographer.


Colin Kennedy
Director of Case, Matter & Workflow Division
Colin joined the board in October 2007 after 10 years at Visualfiles, initially as Managing Director of the Scottish operation and laterally C.O.O. of the entire LexisNexis Visualfiles group. Via his 12 years of involvement in legal IT, Colin has an extensive knowledge of the case & matter management arena both in terms of what clients want and how best to deliver solutions. Colin has a young family that absorb most of his free time but when able he likes to keep fit, play golf and watch rugby.