Colin Balmforth was named executive vice president of General Industries (Service Industries and Manufacturing and Distribution) and Lawson Global Support in June 2009. Previously he served as senior vice president of Lawson Global Support since December 2007. From September 2005 to December 2007, Mr. Balmforth was vice president of professional services for Intelliden Software. From July 2003 through September 2005, Mr. Balmforth was chief operating officer and executive vice president for Conexus Partners, an advisory consulting firm for the ERP market. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Balmforth held a number of senior management positions with ERP vendors Peoplesoft and J.D. Edwards, including global responsibility for the support business functions. Prior to this, Mr. Balmforth was based in Europe and held various support and services management positions for leading software vendors.