[5] He trained as an accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1976 to 1980, where he was seconded to the City merchant bank Kleinwort Benson, and then worked for the electronics company Plessey from 1980 to 1989.

[1] In 1989, Lovell joined Conder Group, a construction company, as finance director, rising to CEO, but it collapsed in September 1992.

[6] In July 2006, he was appointed as CEO of Infinis, which then claimed to be the UK's largest independent solely renewable power company.

[8] In July 2019, Lovell was appointed chairman of the financially troubled Interserve group.

[6] He is a Lay Canon and Senior Non Executive Member of Chapter at Winchester Cathedral.