Steve Sumner, IT director of Cambridge-based firm Taylor Vinters, has been appointed chairperson of the Hummingbird UK legal user group meetings. The bi-annual gatherings provide a forum for discussion of Hummingbird enterprise content management (ECM) systems, particularly for smaller firms not represented on the company’s advisory board.

The next user group meeting will by hosted by Clifford Chance at the beginning of June. Sumner replaces incumbent Jan Durant, IT director of Lewis Silkin, who has completed her one-year term.