Blog contributors

Mark Greatrex, CEO

Having spent a considerable percentage of his career in leadership roles at JBA, Tetra, Sage, QAD and Lawson, Mark’s understanding of the market requirements of an ERP solution is the basis upon which Lakeview are constantly improving their market-leading product and services.

Mark’s hobbies include sufferance as a season ticket holder at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and also he plays table tennis every week for a team in his local county league.

George McDonough, Financial Director

George qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1999 with Menzies,  and went on to join KPMG as Audit Manager, with an emphasis on large FTSE listed companies in the Travel, Leisure & Tourism market.

In 2005 George joined Journey Group plc (FTSE listed entity operating globally) as Group Financial Controller and from 2007 as ‘Commercial & Finance Director’ for the main trading division.  George joined Lakeview in 2010.

Outside of Lakeview, George’s hobbies include photography, football and home cooking with his two children.

Chris Hems, Product Marketing Director

Having worked for Lakeview for the past 6 years as Training Manager, Chris has an amazing insight into how customers are actually using Lakeview to benefit their organisation.  He also has first-hand knowledge of how to use the technology in a customer environment, as his previous company were avid users of Lakeview.

Chris’ primary objective at Lakeview is to analyse the business and technology needs for our target markets and existing customers.  He is then responsible for taking these initial concepts all the way through product development to market acceptance.

Chris’ hobbies include hunting out Top Table bargains, cooking, Angry Birds and competing in his local squash league.

Angela Kennedy, Marketing Manager

Angela began her career at Yell.com and Scoot.co.uk as Internet Researcher and Third Party Design Controller.  Boasting a Design Communications Degree from Oxford Brookes and CIM from Oxford College of Marketing she is now the Marketing Manager for Lakeview Computers Ltd, taking responsibility of Company Communications, brand evolvement and new business initiatives.

Living in the heart of London’s financial district Angela enjoys all things architecturally distinct, fine dining and competing as a Nike Grid runner.

Darron Worthy, Account Manager

Darron began his career with telecoms company Alcatel working as an apprentice in first the marketing department and then into sales.  After working as a sales manager for a medical equipment company Darron came on board with Lakeview as an Account Manager to settle the base after the 2006 management buyout.

Since then Darron has been working with the customer base, keeping customers informed of the latest product updates and delivering product seminars.  The knowledge gained from this position has enabled Darron to move onto new business deals.

Darron is a keen follower of football and has a season ticket at Aston Villa.  His hobbies include playing squash in his local league, skiing and spending time with his young  family.

Mark Leyton-Rees, Senior Support Consultant

Marks passion for mathematics and problem solving lead him into the computer industry.  Mark has been a member of the Lakeview Support Team for over 12 years.

“I enjoy what I do because I get to play with  all sorts of technology and help people at the same time”.

Outside of work Mark serves the Royal London Society for the Blind as a Governor of their Sevenoaks based School and FE College.