Meet the team

Jonathan has held a number of roles during his career at Lifecycle, which spans almost 25 years. Always with a focus on service excellence, he has helped develop the business strategy and established Lifecycle as a leading provider to the NHS market.

We were sorry to see James leave in 2008, but thrilled he has re-joined us from one of the Big Four consulting firms having built up ten years’ experience in procurement consultancy. James has a wealth of experience in leading procurement, supply chain and cost reduction initiatives – both internationally and across the UK.

Simon manages all IT infrastructure and systems at Lifecycle. Simon and his in-house team have designed and developed OPTIMiSe, Lifecycle’s project and contract management system. As well as being instrumental in ensuring all in-house operational activity is delivered efficiently and effectively, the data and reporting available from these systems give clients complete oversight of the activity Lifecycle manages and the benefits we deliver.

Andy is one of our Procurement Managers. Working on high-value contracts, Andy’s job is to ensure that he gets the best deals for our clients on their maintenance contracts, often including full tenders. At home, Andy is kept busy renovating his house and spending time with his young family.

Jade works in our contracts team as a contract manager. Outside of work Jade has a number of pastimes. Travel is high on Jade’s agenda with the tropical paradise of the Bahamas being her favourite destination so far. Jade describes herself as an “animal lover and car enthusiast” having attended a number of car shows in her native South Africa before moving to the UK.

Steph is one of our Account Managers responsible for ensuring that our clients receive the very best from us. Having spent over four years as a Contract Coordinator with us, she has a wealth of experience. Outside of work, Steph loves nothing more than curling up on the sofa with a good horror film, her family, and her gorgeous cats.

Dani works in our Contract Management team ensuring our customers receive the highest level of support. Outside of work Dani thoroughly enjoys the theatre (even better if it’s a musical), TTRPGs and reading. She’s getting into walking as well, which provides an excellent opportunity to listen to music and audiobooks!

Lesley is one of the Senior Procurement Managers focused on procuring high-value maintenance contracts. Lesley loves nothing more than meeting new people and developing her skills. Her energy allows her to combine caring for her beautiful Dobermann, Rudy with her love of healthy living. Whether it be learning about nutrition, getting totally hooked on Crossfit or running with her dog, Lesley is always on the go. Lesley once claimed her 15 minutes of fame, when she appeared on the television in an episode of ‘To Buy or Not to Buy’ – the episode is still knocking around somewhere.

Sylwia is one of our Contract Managers. Sylwia is very active; the only way to keep her sitting still is either a good book or a film. Sylwia spends a large amount of time in the gym. She’s also an animal lover and spent over two years working with birds of prey and owls.

Charlotte works in our Contract Data Management team ensuring our customers receive the highest level of support. In her spare time, she loves nothing more than settling down to a movie with an added glass of wine as a treat at the weekend. Bonus points if it’s Star Wars.

With a wealth of experience in contract and procurement management Catherine, as deputy operations director, is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of our service to clients. When Catherine’s not at work she loves cooking to relax and spending time with her family. Catherine also loves reading, but has been banned from bringing any more books home by her husband, so has bought a Kindle instead.

Lucy is our Team Support Coordinator working to support our team of contract coordinators. Formerly the contracts team manager, her wealth of knowledge and experience ensures she consistently achieves best value for our clients when procuring and managing contracts. Lucy’s favourite activity outside of work is shopping. However, having had a baby, this has taken a back seat. Instead baby clubs, soft play and batch cooking are all top of the agenda. There’s always online shopping, hey Lucy?!

After several years as a key member of our Leasing team, Tom is now part of the Account Management team. Tom is responsible for ensuring that our clients receive the very best from us. Outside work, Tom has a keen interest in sports, with a passion for on and off-road biking.

Lee is our Business Development and Implementation Manager. With two young daughters, most of Lee’s spare time is quickly gobbled up. However, his family have started collecting board games and so we wish him luck putting hotels on Park Lane!

Jo has a deep understanding of the public sector and significant experience and knowledge of contract management and funding in healthcare. She is focused on partnering with NHS trusts to deliver efficient, transparent and fully auditable procurement processes, achieve their financial goals, minimise risk and provide cost-saving opportunities.

Angela is our HR Manager, and leads a very busy life working with HR and Quality Management. Outside work, Angela enjoys nothing more than spending quality time with her young family.

Andrew is one of our Contract Data Management team. He specialises in Excel and reporting. He also supports the account managers and marketing team with their duties. Andrew lives in the North of England with his wife and daughter, and spends his free time reading, gaming and playing with his cat and dog.

Wendy works in our Contract Data Management team ensuring our customers receive the highest level of support. Wendy loves an adrenaline buzz, having been zorbing, had glider flying lessons, been in a Tiger Moth and gone hot air ballooning and is very much looking forward to trying out a helicopter and an I-fly skydive next! In her spare time, she enjoys listening to rock music and going to gigs.  When not spending time with her 6 nieces & nephews or working out in the gym, Wendy enjoys spending time at the weekends (weather permitting) getting about on her husband’s motorbike as a pillion She also enjoys a good book and puzzles for a bit of mental stimulation.

Karolina works in our Contract Management team ensuring our customers receive the highest level of support.  When not at work, she enjoys exploring new places in her campervan and attending live music events.  Her extensive collection of 80s records, combined with the guitar and singing classes, further add to her musical interests.  Karolina supports the Polish Ski Jumping Team and follows the Winter World Cup, but when this is not available, she loves nothing more than walking her bilingual dog, Charlie, and catching up on crime dramas.

Lekka is one of our Senior Procurement Managers as well as the longest-standing member of our Procurement team. Lekka has a wealth of Procurement knowledge and experience gained from her years of working in the Procurement team which is put to good use when managing large value tenders and negotiations on behalf of our clients. When Lekka is not at work she is kept busy looking after her little boy and working towards her MCIPS qualification.

Georgia works in our Leasing Team as a Portfolio Manager and is particularly involved with the procurement of new leases on behalf of our clients. In Georgia’s spare time she likes nothing more than spending time with her two beautiful nieces or catching up with friends.

Niki is our Finance Manager, responsible for all the company accounts. She is also in charge of managing the needs of the office from stationery to vital pints of milk for the tea break. With three almost grown-up children, Niki is starting to reclaim her social life and now enjoys swimming, cinema trips and playing for a ladies cricket team, which just happens to be linked to the village pub!

Elspeth has joined the Lifecycle contract management team after working for many years in the Semiconductor industry, in internal sales, sales support and administration, and office manager roles. More recently she was an account manager for a software company. Outside of work Elspeth enjoys family time, walking their dog, going to the theatre, cooking and mountain biking. Although she used to play a lot of squash, Elspeth has now relinquished the racket for the gym in more recent years.

Ana works in our Contract Data Management team ensuring our customers receive the highest level of support. Outside of work, Ana loves to travel to different countries, although more recently has been mainly exploring the UK. She also thoroughly enjoys rock climbing, but when on solid ground, she loves spending time with her family and friends.

Emma works in our procurement team providing support to our procurement managers. Outside of work, Emma enthusiastically supports Man City W.F.C and England Lionesses. Not content with just watching others exert themselves, she also enjoys keeping fit through personal training, cycling, running and yoga. Phew! 

Jan is one of our Procurement Managers. Having spent years as a Contract Coordinator and Portfolio Manager in our Contracts and Leasing teams, Jan has a wealth of experience in providing excellent service to our clients. Outside of work Jan enjoys spending time with his family, engaging in sports, reading, gardening and lots of other fun activities.

Deb is one of our Contract Data Management Coordinators, providing invaluable support to the business. Deb has lived in Oxford for 20 years now and along the way acquired a husband, two cats and a tortoise. She is a member of an enthusiastic, but largely unsuccessful pub quiz team. When not quizzing, Deb can be found DIYing and being creative using her trusty sidekick YouTube.

Marina works in our IT team as a Software Tester and her role is to look after the quality of our online systems. Marina came from Latvia where she worked for a large software development company that provided IT solutions and services to financial institutions. When Marina is at home she loves to spend time with her children, and on the odd occasion she has a spare moment she likes reading and going to concerts and the theatre.

Connie is one of our Contract Data Management Coordinators, providing invaluable support to the business. An avid animal lover, Connie can’t walk past a dog in the street without stroking it. A truly sociable person, Connie says that people describe her as bubbly, and short. In her down time Connie enjoys listening to music and attending festivals.

One of our Contract Managers, Sophia is responsible for procuring and managing contracts to achieve the very best value for our clients. In her spare time, she enjoys going on adventures with her dogs and listening to audiobooks. Her skillset’s about to increase though as she’s currently learning how to read Egyptian hieroglyphs and plans to get really good at roller skating! When not learning or adventuring, she’ll be sure to find time to squeeze in another cheeky rewatch of The Good Life.

Lead developer for the OPTIMiSe systems that drive our whole business, Lee is a valued member of the IT team. Since arriving at Lifecycle many years ago, Lee is now married with two young children. And, like many young men thrust into fatherhood, Lee has suddenly developed a passion for golf. Of course we believe him when he insists it’s just for the fresh air and not an exercise in escapism.

One of our longest serving employees, Laura is our Head of Leasing and manages tendering, structuring and administration for our lease management service. Keeping almost 35 retained clients happy with our service takes most of her time but finds it a breeze compared to keeping her three lively boys entertained…

Laura works in our Contract Data Management team ensuring our customers receive the highest level of support. When not at work, Laura enjoys spending time with friends & family, including taking the dog for lots of lovely walks with her partner and finding new places to explore! When back at home, she loves nothing more than pottering round her garden or snuggling up to a good film or book.