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...Son of a gun Misys founder and erstwhile chief executive Kevin Lomax was keen on shooting. Critical stock analysts transfixed by his basilisk stare rather feared he’d like to shoot them....
...Lombard covered Misys back when founder Kevin Lomax was executive chairman. The patchy performance of the core banking software division ensured relations with the City were never cordial....
...Blur, whose early investors included ITV chairman Archie Norman and former Misys chief executive Kevin Lomax, raised $11.5m in a secondary placing in June – giving it more firepower to invest....
...Investors include a number of City heavyweights, including Mr Norman; Kevin Lomax, former Misys chief executive and a director at Marks and Spencer; and Tim Schoonmaker, former Odeon Cinemas chief and ex-chairman...
...Blur is backed by several well-known City names, including Mr Norman; Kevin Lomax, former Misys chief executive and a director at Marks and Spencer; and Tim Schoonmaker, former Odeon Cinemas chief and ex-chairman...
...This support was boosted by an all-star group of about 30 angel investors – including Archie Norman, ITV chairman, and Kevin Lomax, former Misys chief executive – who invested a total of £1.4m in the company...
...Lomax, the founder and former chairman and CEO of Misys; and Tim Schoonmaker, chairman of Grapeshot and ex-chairman of Emap Advertising and ex-CEO of Odeon Cinemas....
...Vista had looked at a potential acquisition of Misys itself back in 2006, following a failed management buyout by former chief executive Kevin Lomax....
...Indeed, on that chaotic Thursday, King left it to Deputy Governor Rachel Lomax to represent the bank in conference calls with his counterparts across the world....
...Kevin Lomax, Misys’ founder, made an abortive attempt to take the company private in 2006, before ValueAct and Mr Lawrie stepped in to attempt a turnround of what was seen as a basket-case business....
...Lord Myners and Kevin Lomax, the senior independent director, had a public spat in 2005 over whether Lord Myners should continue as chairman after rebutting Sir Philip Green’s approach in 2004....
...Four years ago, as new chief executive of the UK software group, he inherited a large amount of dross following a prolonged but abortive buy-out attempt led by predecessor and founder Kevin Lomax....
...Four years ago, the chief executive of the UK software group inherited a lot of dross following a prolonged but abortive buy-out attempt led by predecessor and founder Kevin Lomax....
...Children’s Bracelet of Bones, by Kevin Crossley-Holland, Quercus, RRP£12.99, 272 pages Historical novels for children don’t get much better than this....
...The names mentioned include Helen Ghosh, senior official at the environment department, Sir Leigh Lewis, head of DWP, and Rachel Lomax, former deputy governor of the Bank of England....
...Then, it had just received an approach from founder and chief executive Kevin Lomax....
...The backstory here is that Mike Lawrie, who became chief executive at Misys in November 2006 after the failed buyout attempt by Kevin Lomax, used to be a partner at ValueAct....
...The six months to November 30 covered the first anniversary of Mr Lawrie’s appointment as chief executive after the departure of founder Kevin Lomax....
...Kevin Lomax’s failed MBO talks this summer turn out to have been mighty expensive. The group says it paid Lomax £1.1m when he stepped down as chief executive in October after the MBO talks failed....
...A failed attempt by former Misys chief executive Kevin Lomax to take the company private cost the healthcare and software group more than £5m, the company revealed yesterday....
...Misys, with principal strengths in banking and healthcare software, was very much the creation of former chairman and chief executive Kevin Lomax, who left last summer after a failed attempt at a management...
...By removing the MBO team put together by Kevin Lomax, founder and ex-chief executive, Mr Lawrie has put that messy period behind the company and started the recovery surrounded by more familiar faces....
...The appointment follows the collapse of takeover talks and the departure of Kevin Lomax, chief executive and co-founder of the UK software company, earlier this month....
...After more than a quarter of a century, the future of Kevin Lomax, founder of Misys, is uncertain....
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