Corporate Finance Adviser
Stewart Price
Stewart Price is a well-known and highly respected corporate finance adviser throughout the North of England, working closely with the professional and business communities, Regional Fund Managers, Private Equity Houses, Banks and Financial Institutions.
Stewart is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and was the first accountant in Manchester to be awarded the new, prestigious Corporate Finance qualification by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He was previously with Baker Tilly where he headed up the Lead Advisory team in Manchester and latterly was Corporate Finance Partner at the Manchester office of Mitchell Charlesworth.
Stewart was also a corporate finance adviser to the Manchester Business School Incubator and a visiting lecturer on the MBA programme.
Managing Director South Cumbria and Lancashire
Karl Burrell
Karl has more than 30 years experience in the accountancy profession and is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is also a member of the Association of Accounting Technicians and an associate of the Chartered Management Institute.
Karl is married with children and outside the office is a School Governor, enjoys sport and helps to coach children’s football.
Managing Director Carlisle and Penrith
Chris Lamont
Chris is a Chartered Accountant and has recently returned to the family firm after working for a top 30 practice in London in order to provide long term continuity for Lamont Pridmore. Over the past 10 years Chris has had a wide range of experience in the profession having worked on sole trader and partnership accounts but specialised in small to medium sized companies.
Chris was born and raised in Cumbria, is married to Alison, who is a qualified Embryologist, and they have two sons and two daughters, Theo, Nathanial, Elizabeth and Katherine. In his spare time, Chris enjoys golf, cricket, DIY, cooking and entertaining friends.
Chief Executive
Graham Lamont
Graham is a Chartered Accountant with a number of additional business-related qualifications. Over the past 25 years, he has developed Lamont Pridmore from small beginnings into an organisation nationally recognised for the quality and range of its services. He has been involved since the outset with the huge task of financing and building the very successful Theatre by the Lake in Keswick, remains the Joint Chair of the management committee and is a judge for both the British Accountancy Awards and Accountancy Excellence Awards.
Graham has also been the founding President of the Cumbria Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Employment and Skills Board, Regional Council Member of the Learning & Skills Council and a Judge for the National Business Awards.Born and raised in Cumbria, he is married to Maggie with one son Christopher. Graham’s hobbies include theatre, art, reading, jogging and golf.
