Executive Profiles

Gary R Markham

Chief Executive
Legal Solutions Group

Experience: As our Chief Executive, Gary has over 20 years consulting and technology experience, in and around the financial services industry. Over the past 15 years in particular he’s been involved directly in the specialized field of litigation planning and performance measurement for major corporations and well-known insurance carriers.

Gary achieved his Masters in Project Management (majoring in Corporate Strategy) from Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh and was Managing Director of Litigation Management for a leading consulting and technology organization for nearly 5 years, before founding Legal Solutions Group.

Effectively managing change is a key factor in Gary's philosophy towards delivering improved results for clients.

Philosophy: "Be open to change and embrace it, as it is inevitable"

He is married, with 2 children, and lives in Manhattan, NYC.

Gary’s interests are scuba-diving, travel, DIY and IT development.

Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate OBE

Government Consultant
Legal Solutions Group

Experience: A trained lawyer (LLB Hons) and police officer for 35 years, he has served as an urban, rural beat, CID, and training officer. Having graduated in law with honors from London University, Lord Mackenzie is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Quantico, Virginia.

Philosophy: "Government can learn much from studying the corporate world"

Primary focus: Solutions for Government to better manage professional services providers, in the legal arena.

Philip Knight

VP - Development and Training
Legal Solutions Group

Experience: Philip is a business consultant and I.T. professional with over twenty-five years experience in commercial corporations and Local Government.

His background encompasses business analysis and IT system design, management and implementation in fields as varied as public broadcasting, car manufacture, insurance and finance. He is well experienced in planning and providing training for clients at all levels: senior executives to clerical, technical to administrative.

Philip has two children and lives near Henley-on-Thames in the U.K.

Interests include running, travel and meeting people.

Garry Bernstein

VP -Business Development EMEA
Legal Solutions Group

Garry joined Legal Solutions Group from Solarweb, where as Director of Business Development he delivered significant growth through his focus on executive relationships, innovating new value based sales processes and leading cross-functional strategic teams to extract adjacency value from the company’s core software IP and services. Garry was Country Manager for Aspex Semiconductor’s North American division - which he took from a standing start to a multi-million dollar semiconductor and software services operation. He also held the role of Western Europe regional manager at ARC International through its successful listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:ARC), earning “Best Performing IPO” from Goldman Sachs in 2000.

Experience: His experience approaches 25 years in the Software, Services and Semiconductor industries, successfully leading corporate engagements and technology centric services projects.

Garry’s interests include running, sailing, music and travel.