J Keith Lomas
Group President & CEO    

Keith Lomas has more than sixteen years senior management experience in both small and medium sized entrepreneurial and extensive multinational companies.  Keith was appointed Managing Director of CLPL in 1996. After leading the successful acquisition of UltraVision International in 2003, Keith was appointed as Group President and CEO. Prior to his involvement in the contact lens world, Keith was an investment banker in the City of London. He worked at S.G. Warburg, Kleinwort Benson and Daiwa Europe. Whilst based in the City, Keith had global responsibility for multi-billion dollar risk portfolios. Keith is an active investor in other technology start-up companies and is a Director of Ubisense Ltd.

From a family of Optometrists, John Clamp joined CLPL in 1993 to implement a full quality system to meet future regulatory CE requirements and was appointed to the Board in 1996. John has been Vice-President, European Federation of the Contact Lens Industry (EFCLIN) and was previously Treasurer of EFCLIN. Formerly, John was a research engineer in a number of entrepreneurial companies, developing innovative technologies. With a number of patents to his name, John also qualified with B.Eng.(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds. John is responsible for all Research & Development and technology within the group. John is also an active technology investor.

Mark Diskin has co-founded a number of companies since 1971 including Alta Berkeley Venture Partners, a European venture capital firm that specialises in providing venture capital for the healthcare, IT and media sectors. Having been an independent consultant since 1988, he has considerable experience in assisting with the growth of private companies. Currently he is a non-executive director and/or chairman of several private companies both in the UK and abroad. He has been a director of CLPL since 2000. Mark graduated with a B. Comm. from the University of Cape Town and an M.B.A from Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, USA. He is a Chartered Accountant and has worked for Peat Marwick Mitchell, London and The Singer Company, New York. 

David Harper has spent 25 years in the semiconductor industry performing sales, marketing and general management roles in both Europe and the USA. These include positions as VP of European Operations for 8x8 Inc (NASDAQ), CEO of Dialog Semiconductor Plc (NASDAQ) and VP of International Sales and Strategic Marketing at Enable Semiconductor Inc. As well as his role with CLPL, he is currently on the Advisory Board of IVC Venture Capital AG, a Board Member of Flytxt Ltd., a London based mobile phone internet company and a Business Development Advisor to two Silicon Valley semiconductor companies. David holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from UMIST.