Committee

Chris Wyatt, Chairman, was brought up in the borough, and now lives and runs his business in Putney. He has been Chairman of the Wandsworth Chamber for the last  four years.
Chris has been in business for some 22 years after starting the company from his front room in 1989. Prior to that he worked for an international organisation, which took him from the UK to the Middle East, Europe, West Africa and Scandinavia, working with overseas distributor development . Chris also has been President of Putney Rotary Club, and is now Assistant Governor for the South West Group of Rotary Clubs.

Daljit Kang, is responsible for Enterprise Development at University of Roehampton Business School. Before joining the University in 1994 she was a consultant working with companies such as BP, Shell and BT. Daljit joined the Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce in 2003, was vice chair between 2004/2011 and has represented the Chamber on such bodies as Wandsworth Business Support Network and Wandsworth Employability and Skills Partnership. Daljit regards the Chamber as a key link between the University and local businesses as it unlocks enormous opportunities available for students, graduates and employers.

Norman Frost  (BA hons MRTPI) is Business Development Manager for Wandsworth Economic Development Office managing a range of business support services including an innovative green business scheme, inward investment initiatives and town centre management in the key town centres in the Borough. Norman established the Town Centre Management team as a core service for communicating and working with local businesses, landowners, developers and others to support business development, promote economic development and inward investment. Norman is a founder member and current chair of the London region of the (Association of Town Centre Management) ATCM providing a forum and a range of development opportunities for members.
 

Marlon Johnson is the owner of Johnson Mortgage Solutions Ltd, established in 2007 and based in Wandsworth, which acts as an independent financial advisor specialising in mortgage and insurance advice and recommendation. Marlon previously had 18 years experience with Royal Mail in senior management positions.

Tim Morris is director of Liles Morris Ltd, a chartered accountancy practice in Roehampton , supporting small and medium sized businesses. Liles Morris has been active for 20 years and provides services of audit, consultancy, accounts, taxation, bookkeeping and payrolls. It’s objective is to help you to be financially successful.
Tim Morris trained with Ernst & Young London, and then worked as Financial Controller and Director in the engineering, oilfield services and computer software industries.

Emma O’Byrne is a solicitor in the Employment Department at Russell-Cooke Solicitors and advises on the full breadth of employment issues for companies and individuals.  Russell-Cooke LLP is a top 100, London based firm with offices in Putney, Bedford Row and Kingston and around 150 specialist solicitors who advise in a broad range of legal practice areas for companies, not for profit and regulatory organisations and private clients.

Steve Pinto, Vice Chairman is the Business Development Manager at Access Self Storage. He is a long term supporter of the Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce to sitting on the Wandsworth Town Centre Partnership Board and being a representative on the Stewarts Road Industrial Area - Study and Consultation working group. Access Self Storage are keen investors in the borough and offer a range of storage and office solutions.

Kuldip Rihal was born in Kenya and came to the UK in 1966. He did his schooling in London and completed a BA in design. He managed two  Design & Print companies in Southfields and Battersea before coming out of retirement to open an Art Gallery in Southfields which displays Paintings, Sculptures. Ceramics & Limited Editions. The gallery was set up to encourage emerging artists to display their artworks. He has, at present, very successful international artists from Senegal, South Africa & the UK.

Douglas Shanks is a chartered accountant and partner of Chancery Partnership LLP, specialising in international tax planning. A resident of Tooting all his adult life, Douglas joined the chamber in 1991 and still regards the Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce as central to his business networking and sense of both corporate responsibility and indeed citizenship. He has spent 14 of the last 20 years as vice chairman, chairman, or immediate past chairman of the chamber and sees himself as an ambassador for the Chamber using his longstanding local contacts, representing the Chamber on such bodies as the Metropolitan Police Independent Advisory Group.

Trevor Sutters is an architect of thirty years standing who studied at Kingston University and set up  in  private practice in 1988.  For the past 14 years Sutters Partnership, which he runs with his wife Steffi, has been based in Putney where he is resident. Trevor is a passionate supporter of small business, its expressions of variety and  innovation, and the key role it plays  in the  economy and in the community. Professionally he promotes high quality design in his own work and takes aninterest in the emerging architecture within the Borough that is shaping  our built environment. He also believes that good quality urban design and  placemaking contributes  to residents' well being.   He is  currently Vice President of the Association of Consultant Architects

Executive

Chief Executive Officer

Alastair Alexander qualified as a Chemical Engineer from UCL and worked first for British Oxygen and then Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Corp, an American precious metals refining and manufacturing company,  rising to be CEO for Europe. He then joined the Board of Harringtons Metallurgists Ltd, an Australian public company of which he became Chairman before it was sold to Rothschilds. He subsequently formed Alexander & Law Ltd with his brother, a construction and fitting out company which he sold in 2007. A recruitment company based in the Middle East, which he formed with others was put “On Hold” following the events of the Arab Spring.

Events Organiser

Ellie Boorer is the Work Related Learning Manager for BEST (Business Education Succeeding Together) section of Wandsworth Children’s Services. She manages a team that brokers various programmes between employers and students concentrating on employability and enterprise skills. She is also a Director for the London Education Business Partnership Network . Previously she worked in the tourism industry managing tours throughout the UK for Japanese tourists.

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