Meet The Team

Lisa Thomson

Managing Director

Lisa was a co-founder of Simplex at its’ incorporation in 1998 and her dedication to the success of the business meant that she undertook a variety of roles and responsibilities that led to her appointment as Managing Director in 2007.

Lisa has worked in the decorative lighting industry since 1988 and greatly values the mentoring programme provided by her two senior colleagues. That experience included working through all levels of the business from starting as a temp in the sales office, managing the warehouse, heading the design team and product managing the lighting ranges for several major retailer customers.

‘We are proud to work with some of the biggest manufacturers in the leisure homes industry as our Trade customers and we also supply decorative domestic lighting to the main online platform retailers. As a Company we are fortunate to have a loyal and committed team and that assists us greatly in giving our customers great quality products and unrivalled service levels.’

David Tattersall

Sales Director

Dave joined the company in 2004 as Sales Director with responsibility for sourcing, buying and selling the products. Having worked in the lighting industry since 1988 in a number of roles, dealing with everyone from corner shops to the major supermarket chains, the knowledge and experience gained has been invaluable in helping Simplex grow to where they are today.

After studying Accountancy at North Staffordshire University he started his working life training to be an accountant but after only a couple of years made the move to selling lights and hasn’t looked back since, that is apart from a brief, but enlightening, spell selling Ironing Boards and Dishcloths to the major DIY chains.

Being born and bred in Accrington, Dave is proud to have spent several seasons playing semi-professional football for Accrington Stanley, amongst others, in a long playing career but old age and injuries caught up with him some time ago so his hobbies are now resigned to watching sport whilst boring his kids with stories about ‘what it was like when I was a lad’.

Anthony Travis

Operations Manager & Quality Assurance Lead

Anthony started at Simplex in May 2021 as the Quality Assurance Lead, He has been working in the lighting industry since 1990 where he started at ACDC lighting where he worked for 31 years, which included working in Production and Installation. He worked his way up to Production Manager and has worked in Quality Assurance since 2012, gaining vast knowledge along the way. Anthony has taken over as the Operations Manager at the end of August 2024, along side his Quality Assurance role and thoroughly enjoying the new position and learning new skills.

His out of work interests are running and the occasional bike ride, but you will mainly find him trail running over the moors which is his happy place.

MARK PATTISON

Product Manager

Mark has been with Simplex since its’ incorporation in 1998 and his integral position as Product Manager means that he ensures the business has the stock required by our customers. Mark is tasked with the purchasing and import of stock from our worldwide supply base.

Prior to working in the Lighting Industry, Mark has experience of working in an FMCG environment and in Licensed Sportswear distribution, where he dealt with Blue Chip companies delivering results on time, every time.

At work, Mark likes to eat pies. When not at work, Mark enjoys playing golf, watching sport and spending time with his family.

DANIELLE HEY

Senior Office Administrator

Danielle joined Simplex in July of 2014 as an Administration Assistant bringing 5 years’ experience with her. She has progressed to become Senior Office Administrator and now also assists in the finance department.

This role involves the running of the administration in the sales office and ensuring the warehouse have everything they need to fulfil customer orders promptly.

Danielle studied IT at Nelson & Colne College alongside Mathematics & English passing all 3 courses. After completing IT Danielle worked in various roles and found Administration/Accounting suits her best. In 2022 Danielle completed an AAT level 2 Accounting qualification course.

In her spare time Danielle is a keen gym goer and enjoys long walks in the countryside, alongside spending time with her family.

‘I enjoy working at Simplex, communicating with colleagues and customers and being part of an excellent team!’

Stuart Wormwell

Warehouse Team Leader

Stuart joined Simplex in 2001 as a warehouse operative and has progressed through various warehouse and production based roles to become Team Leader in 2017. This role involves assisting the Operations Director with all aspects of running a busy warehouse facility along with leading a team focused on meeting the daily requirements of an ever changing production schedule.

In his early years at Simplex he participated in some formal NVQ training supplied by an outside provider along with the full support of the Simplex management team. Having successfully completed the training Stuart was selected from a nationwide group of candidates and invited to visit 10 Downing Street to meet the then Prime Minister Tony Blair, which was an amazing experience.

He enjoys working at Simplex because of the team spirit and friendly working environment, which is helped by the fact there are so many long serving members of staff who work so well together. He now has a young family who he loves spending his free time with them and he particularly enjoys going swimming, wood trail walks and visits to the seaside, when the grim northern weather allows!