Helene Hall is Chief Executive of Surrey Chambers of Commerce. She brings more than 17 years’ experience working with and building businesses across sectors including B2B, eCommerce, finance, pharma and travel. Helene has founded and led businesses herself, including running

Ross has 40 years’ Board level experience across business representation organisations and a range of service sectors. Providing leadership of Hampshire Chamber of Commerce his focus is on strategy, development, stakeholder engagement and ensuring the collective voice of Hampshire businesses

Stuart McOnie is Managing Director of Woking-based engineering company, SEMMCO. He is involved in the day-to-day running of the aviation side of the business, from initial design concepts with customers, to production and repairs and sales. He is also experienced

Richard Essex is Chair of Surrey Climate Commission anda Financial Adviser at Grayside, a financial services and insurance brokers based in Epsom. Richard has been an independent financial adviser for over 25 years and has been with Grayside since 1998.

Steve advises a diverse portfolio of clients ranging from ambitious start ups to public companies. His wide ranging experience includes sectors such as property, automotive, information technology and media. As well as attending to statutory compliance matters, Steve has considerable

Steve Coburn is Managing Director of projectfive, an IT support company based in Camberley. He founded the business in 2002 in the wake of the Enron scandal (projectfive was responsible for recovering the electronic data from the UK that helped

Louise Punter became Chief Executive of 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

Charlotte joined the Chamber in November 2025, bringing with her extensive experience across the education, leisure, events and FMCG sectors. Throughout her career, she has successfully led long-term projects ranging from developing play-based initiatives in primary education to enhancing induction

After building a strong foundation in marketing and digital content creation across roles in the creative, music and engineering industries, Will joined Surrey Chambers in 2025 to support Source in Surrey – an exciting project focused on driving growth, building

Oli Porter joined the Chamber in September 2025 after finishing his A-levels. Oli joined as the Policy, Research and Projects Apprentice, bringing a fresh perspective and a keen interest in policy, government, and business. Oli chose to pursue an apprenticeship

Tom is the Business Connector for the LSIP Project for Surrey and North Hampshire. His role is to work with local businesses and industry bodies to understand their current and future skills needs, and to liaise with local skills providers

Zara is undertaking her role as part of her industrial placement year within her English with Creative Writing course at Loughborough University. She was drawn to this placement for the opportunity to contribute to meaningful community initiatives and develop her

  Ryan joined Surrey Chambers in April 2026, bringing over 12 years of B2B marketing experience across the media, events and membership sectors spanning content marketing partnerships with major multinationals, regional marketing strategy and a strong track record working with

Zarith joined the Chambers in late 2025, bringing with her several years of experience delivering impactful workplace events. With a background in Social Anthropology and HR Management, she has seamlessly transferred her skills into her role, where she now supports

Kate joined the Chambers in 2024 after spending the last 10 years as a primary school teacher. Prior to teaching, Kate’s career was spent in the knowledge and information sector, helping companies to create effective systems to harness information whilst

Josh Abbott is a passionate and ambitious marketer who leads an award-winning marketing team at Foxhills Club & Resort in Surrey (named Hotel Marketing Association’s Best Hotel Marketing Team 2024 and Business Travel People Team of the Year 2024). With

Jamie is the Project Manager for the LSIP project, supporting the delivery of the priorities and recommendations from the LSIP report. Jamie has over two decades of experience in the skills arena, with a common thread of helping individuals to

Julie is Principal & CEO at North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot) in Epsom in Surrey. Nescot supports around 8,000 learners each year and has recently opened a new Institute of Technology. Julie has worked in economic development for

Nazia joined Azets accountancy firm in 2014, having previously worked at two accountancy practices, and qualified in 2013. She has a broad client portfolio, working with sole traders and SMEs to large international businesses, working collaboratively to grow their businesses

Harry is a private investigator and co director of Answers Investigation. Having been in the role for 8 years, he has a wide experience of investigatory matters including forensics, surveillance, process serving and Challenge 25 training. A trained Forensic Technician,