Profiles

Steve Boyle was a lock who played 312 times for Gloucester scoring 77 tries and was noted for his ability at the front of the line-out and for his powerful scrummaging. He frequently scored tries from set-piece moves. He won three caps for England and went on the 1983 British lions tour of New Zealand. He played for Gloucester in two cup finals and won the county championship with Gloucestershire. He also toured with the England under 23 and England B and played for South and South West and the Barbarians. Towards the latter part of his career he had a successful period at Moseley.

Steve Thompson MBE Plays Rugby Union for Leeds Carnegie, England and the British Lions. Steve is regarded by some as England's finest ever hooker. 

Since qualifying as a solicitor in 1978, Simon’s career has seen him build on 30 years of practising law to become a determined entrepreneur.

His experience working with wealthy families dates back to 1989 when he joined a London law firm as a partner. Simon became a member of a family office team providing international services to a family based in Bermuda - an experience that helped shape his belief in the value of The Legion Lifestyle business model.

Simon qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and has since worked across a wide range of legal and commercial environments – each with direct relevance to Legion Sports’ business and operations.  

From an early point in his professional career, Simon was part of a team providing dedicated legal and commercial services to high net worth individuals and family groups. His vast experience of working with wealthy families and organisations makes him an integral part of the Legion Sports proposition.  

Simon was a founder member of Bridgehouse Partners LLP when it was established in 2003 and remains a managing partner of the law firm. The business operates across a variety of commercial fields and provides legal and management services to wealthy entrepreneurs and their families.

Iain is a successful business leader with 35 years of experience garnered in senior UK and European management roles for large global multinational technology companies including IBM and Lexmark.

Over the years, Iain has successfully managed and delivered complex pan-European projects which necessitated the co-ordination of a multitude of stakeholders in order to meet demanding time lines and performance objectives.

Mike is a qualified chartered accountant and highly respected corporate financier with over 17 years experience in the industry. He is a retained adviser to entrepreneurs, sports professionals, corporates and financial institutions and boasts a successful track record across a wide range of clients.

Offering strategic advice to a number of family office clients, Mike’s expertise covers many areas relating to tax and finance including growth plans, exit reviews, market assessments, share valuations, financial reporting and due diligence.  He enjoys long and well established relationships with banks, venture capitalists, private investors and other intermediaries.

Mark Lambourne is a subject matter expert in the area of acquiring property and delivering data centre developments.

He brings to the company a wealth of experience which includes ten years in the data centre industry where Mark developed a practical understanding of all aspects of the property industry – from capital-raising and acquisition to development, management and technology.

Mark previously worked as European Managing Director for Digital Realty Trust. There he was solely responsible for the acquisition of over 1,200,000 square feet of existing data centre assets and sites over a two year period. These assets boasted development opportunities totalling in excess of €200,000,000 in value in the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, France and the Netherlands.

Jeremy Lambourne is the principal and founder of Bear Capital - a company which focuses on the development and management of residential and hotel premises.

With 20 years of real estate experience in Central London and Southern Africa, Jeremy has handled all types of property transactions with a focus on the development and project management of high end residential premises in the West End of London.

Jeremy’s business partner for the past seven years has been ex-Arsenal and England footballer, Lee Dixon. Both Lee and Jeremy have worked on developing long term relationships within the sport industry by providing individuals with counsel and advisory services relating to property investments and owner occupier assets.

Gareth enjoyed a 14 year professional football career in which he played for Wigan Athletic FC and Rochdale AFC where he was as club captain.

Whilst excelling on the field, Gareth was also achieving off it and was awarded a First Class Honours Degree and Post Graduate Certificate in Marketing. He also qualified as a financial adviser and became a member of the Personal Finance Society.

Gareth enjoyed 7 years as a delegate for the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) and spent 4 years on the management committee, reporting directly to Gordon Taylor OBE, where he was responsible for preparing the PFA’s annual financial statements.

Jean da Silva brings 20 years experience delivering Private Concierge .

He is an innovative, hard-working and reliable individual that strives to achieve any task set to the very best of his ability. He is renowned for being punctual and thrives on developing relationships on both a personal and professional level, with people from all cultures and walks of life.

Jean’s customer oriented work ethic is second to none and the happiness of his clients is a reflection of his success, helping them in any way they require. Jean prides himself on being a team player but equally works well individually utilising his skills and knowledge gained from over 20 years in concierge.

Jono was born and raised in New Zealand.

A keen student, Jono excelled in marketing and management and took a role with adidas New Zealand on completion of his studies. There he played a key role in their talent management function where he was the brand liaison for elite athletes including the New Zealand All Blacks squad.  

However, sailing was always Jono’s true passion. Having cut his skills on the family yacht as a child, Jono won his first national title at the age of 16 and went on to represent his country across the world.

So, when sailing came calling again during his time at adidas, Jono found it impossible to turn down and took the chance to race yachts professionally across the world.

Bruce Rankine is a practicing chartered accountant specialising in optimising personal and business structures.  As principal of Bullôt and Rankine Ltd, Bruce has gained a broad range of experience over the last 30 years in his role as a business adviser.  This includes taxation business planning and service as the trusted advisor of many prominent family groups.

Bruce’s career commenced by working for big international accounting practices, both in New Zealand and in the United Kingdom.  During this time, he gained invaluable experience working in the specialist areas of business services, audit, and insolvency.