In my case, you are right. An accountant, a lawyer, a HR professional etc could each do that element of the job better than I could yet I doubt any of them coul

In my case, you are right. An accountant, a lawyer, a HR professional etc could each do that element of the job better than I could yet I doubt any of them could do all aspects of my job better than I do. The question is scale. When you're a small firm that needs all these services, you cannot afford a professional in each role so you outsource all those functions to larger firms ... but you still need someone internal to have enough depth of knowledge of each field to direct and validate the specialists' work. There is absolutely no "set it and forget it" when it comes to outsourcing the professional services that keep a (heavily regulated) company ticking over.