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Richard Essex

29th June 2017

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. He is also a member of the Ethical Investment Association, and the UK Sustainable Finance Association. Richard specialises in providing advice and education for individuals who wish to invest and make a positive contribution to the world we live in.

Surrey Climate Commission are an independent body playing a key role in supporting and guiding the transition of the county of Surrey towards a carbon neutral future. Their members are drawn from over 50 groups working to protect the climate.

As a community interest company, and part of the PCAN network, They are producing a transformative action plan. The first part of this was launched in 2021 with the publication of a baseline study produced by the University of Surrey. It identifies the primary causes of emissions in the county and the data is helping to inform grass roots organisations and public sector groups, including Surrey County Council.

Dan Morgan

Dan Morgan is Managing Partner of Haines Watts, running both the Esher and Bromley offices. Haines Watts are a firm of Accountants and Business Advisors to the owner managed business sector. They have developed a range of services to cover

Louise Punter

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

Sarah Butcher

Sarah joined the Chamber in April 2014 after a 12 year career at the University of Surrey. Sarah is the Head of Membership at the Chambers and is passionate about helping Surrey businesses grow and prosper. Sarah looks after Surrey

Tara Wavre

Tara joined the Chambers in 2017 after a long career in financial roles. She is now the Resources Manager whose main priority is making sure the Chambers office runs smoothly, allowing the whole team to deliver a first class service

Aaron Law

After graduating from the University of Brighton, Aaron joined the Chamber in 2017 as part of the International Trade team, and has since worked up the ranks to take on the role of International Trade Manager in 2022. Aaron oversees

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Jamie Mackay

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JULIE KAPSALIS

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

Tom Woods

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

Ross McNally

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

Niamh Looby

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Giorgia Burgess

With a strong background in Marketing and Events, she is dedicated to inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs and helping others grow their businesses. Outside of work, she volunteers as a mentor for a Year 10 student, guiding them through

Kate Trice

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

GEORGINA ANGELE

As the Strategic Careers Hub Lead for the Surrey Careers Hub, Georgina’s role is to drive sustainable and progressive system change in careers provision in schools, special schools, alternative provisions, and colleges in Surrey. She creates the vision and strategy

STEPHEN MARTIN

Stephen Martin is Managing Director at Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership, a business-led partnership bringing together the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors to drive economic growth across Hampshire and Surrey. Stephen previously worked in the recruitment sector, in management consultancy,

SUZANNE GRANT

Suzanne is Deputy Principal and Deputy CEO for Sparsholt College Group. Suzanne has a detailed understanding of meeting skills needs, college funding arrangements and college contractual and compliance provisions. She writes bids and funding applications for the college and colleges

Sue Taylor

Sue has worked for ALPS/ALPHI since 2003, she joined as a freelancer, running the networks ESF programmes which in total were valued at £4 million. Sue continued to run these until their successful completion and alongside these ALPS ran the

Steve Coburn

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

Betty Jensen

Betty Jensen is the newly appointed Business Development Officer at Surrey Business School, University of Surrey. With over 12 years of experience at the University and a decade in the luxury hospitality industry in England and France( her native country),

Sophie Mogford-Revess

Sophie Mogford-Revess is a distinguished business leader with experience in global life safety solutions. Since 2018, she has served as Operations Director of LGM Products Limited, a company specialising in the supply of fire detection equipment into the power generation,

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29th June 2017

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