Louise Punter

19th April 2017

Following 25 years as the CEO of Surrey Chambers of Commerce,  Louise is now heading up two key Chamber projects that continue to fuel her passion for helping businesses: Delivering the Local Skills Improvement Plan and the Source in Surrey initiative. Louise joined Surrey Chambers of Commerce following 17 years working in manufacturing and business services. After a 5-year career break from Metal Box, she then spent 3 years as the Marketing Director of an international conformity assessment organisation, Bureau Veritas. In her spare time Louise loves hot yoga, walking and reading. She has two daughters, one a musical theatre actress and the other a doctor. And more recently grandson Oscar has joined her family.

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