Meet the
durhamlane team

Lee is a passionate and performance driven entrepreneur who enjoys nothing more than spotting, exploring and brokering the next big opportunities. Having co-founded durhamlane, with over 20 years commercial sales and marketing experience, Lee is an expert in delivering solutions to ambitious organisations and their investors throughout the UK and worldwide. He has been the driving force behind high growth programmes for businesses of all sizes from SME’s to Blue Chip clients, primarily in the technology, software and manufacturing and engineering sectors. Lee is passionate about our goal ‘to raise the bar of the sales profession’ and make it a profession to be proud of, as it is in the US, after all, we all sell in some shape or form – without sales you don’t have a business, a fact that is all-too-often neglected.

Richard is a true thought-leader, entrepreneur, trainer & coach who loves helping people and organisations achieve high growth by developing skills and mind-sets and by improving sales processes. As the creator of durhamlane’s proven methodology ‘Selling at a Higher Level’, Richard enjoys nurturing and developing talented sales professionals to reach their potential, whilst also helping businesses accelerate their growth. Throughout his career, Richard has led both UK and global sales organisations and telemarketing teams to consistently out-perform expectations by selling, and helping others to sell, complex solutions. With a background in training, building relationships, and delivering solutions, Richard has built up an enviable reputation by helping organisations of all sizes become more profitable and transition towards developing performance cultures.

Jake joined durhamlane in 2013 after gaining experience in project management, sales and business development in consumer financial services and insurance markets. Due to his exceptional people management and commercial skills, Jake has played a key role in building durhamlane to the business it is today. He leads and develops our team of Business Development Managers, using durhamlane’s unique methodology to ensure consistent, profitable growth in sales revenue for both our clients and our business.

Will Tombs qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in their Newcastle upon Tyne office in 2000. Post qualification William worked in the industry for ten years, first as Financial Controller at Hammerite Paints, a subsidiary of ICI plc, and then as Finance Director of a bathroom pod manufacturer. Will then set up his own company providing outsourced tailored financial management solutions using cloud technologies to become one of the largest Xero accounting partners in the North East. In his role at durhamlane, he provides key financial advisory services as the company continues its scale up journey.

Sean is a commercially-focused marketing leader, with a passion for reconciling the art and science of marketing and sales. As Director of Marketing, he leads durhamlane’s marketing team and client-facing marketing services. With a background in corporate communications and digital marketing, Sean has almost a decade’s experience of strategising and executing impactful campaigns for some of the world’s best known brands, start-ups and SME’s.

Dan is one of durhamlane’s longest serving employees who has helped the business scale from a team of 5 to 50+, as it is today. During his time at durhamlane Dan has established himself as a true champion of durhamlane’s ‘Selling at a Higher Level’ methodology. He has worked with businesses across a multitude of industries, from local SMEs to global enterprises. Today, Dan plays a key role in leading durhamlane, responsible for quality assurance and customer success, specialising in sales enablement and behavioural coaching. Dan is a true believer in people and self improvement. He works tirelessly to ensure his peers have the confidence, tools, techniques and self belief to perform to their fullest potential – to both create qualified sales opportunities for durhamlane’s clients and build remarkable client relationships. Key client experience includes; HPE, Aviva, PwC, InsideSales.com, TSG and many more.

Tracey leads durhamlane’s HR team. With a background in law, Tracey’s diligence and attention to detail make her one of our best assets. She has a passion for best practice and determination to constantly develop durhamlane’s processes and people as we scale – without compromising our core values and the founding principles of durhamlane.

Martin Moran brings more than 25 years of experience in managing and growing technology businesses in Europe and globally, with a proven track record for building high-performance sales organisations. He has been working in SaaS for over 15 years and is now an active angel investor in technology. At durhamlane, Martin advises the leadership team on international sales strategy and tech stack optimisation, as the business goes from strength to strength. At InsideSales.com (a durhamlane customer), Martin is responsible for leading the company’s international business. He will play a key role in helping to accelerate sales for Europe’s leading companies, just as he has made a significant impact in the region with his previous work.

Matt has over 25 years of experience in the outsourcing industry, having held holding executive management positions for some of the world’s largest BPO and Contact Centre organisations including Teleperformance, Sitel and Sykes. Skilled in Sales, Business Development, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Process Improvement, and Customer Satisfaction, Matt plays a pivotal role on the durhamlane Board, advising the company on Best Practices as it grows its operations and international customer base.