Our business-led board comprises influential, senior leaders from across the private sector. It is representative of the micro-enterprises, SMEs and multinational corporations that make up the North-West London economy. The board also includes senior leaders from the educational sector to enable deeper and sustained collaboration between these critical parts of our economy and society.
Andrew Dakers Chief Executive, West London Business
Rob Gray Director, Community & Stakeholder Relations, Heathrow
Andrew Kershaw Director of Business Engagement Strategy, Brunel University London
Chris Maw Partner, PwC (Chair)
Andrew Morgan Partner, JPC Law
Joyce Okenwah Macfarlane Director, JCC Selfsense
Maureen Penfold Managing Partner, Kingston Smith
Karen Redhead OBE CEO and Principal, West London College
David Clark Consultant, IBB Solicitors
Andrew Dakers Chief Executive, West London Business
Ian McDonald Managing Director, Strategic Planning Advice Ltd
Rikesh Patel Tax consultant, Lawrence Grant
Maureen Penfold Managing Partner, Kingston Smith (Chair)
Atul Pathak OBE, CEO, Appt Corp t/a McDonalds
Past Ambassadors
Carol Bagnald Director, Black on Silver – Former Commercial Director, HSBC
Sir Eric Peacock Non-executive director, UKEF Board
The Leaders’ Forum supports the WLB Board. Founder members are:
Rahul Gokhale Director, Allpex
John Graham Director, AdCreative
Neil Impiazzi Partnerships Director, Segro
Michael Rooney CEO, Resilience First
Lalji Vekaria Director, Saloria Architects
Ash Verma CE, Asia Gateway Business Consultants
Professor Anthony Woodman Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise), University of West London
