London Advisory Board
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London Advisory Board
This board consists of insightful business leaders advising Global Chamber® London in our efforts to support international trade and businesses in the region.
Lenna Lou - Chair
Founder of The L Factor Ltd.
Lenna is the Chair of the Advisory Board of Global Chamber® London. She is a globally connected entrepreneur passionate about working with professionals and service organizations to truly understand their customer needs. She has a knack for connecting the right people at the right time building opportunities for businesses around the world.
Lenna works closely with business leaders to transform and grow sustainable long-term business relationships for effective collaboration and partnerships, with a particular focus on supporting businesses to establish and grow market presence through active strategy, marketing, engagement, and relationships.
Lenna is the Founder of The L Factor, a business consultancy in London specializing in working with High Network Worth, Family Offices and professional organisation to help them understand their true growth potential. In addition, Lenna leads on strategic direction for several local and international membership organizations helping them build their network and connecting them with both top FTSE 250 companies and local businesses. She is also a NED mentor to support potential NED mentee grow their portfolio.
Courtney Fingar
Founder of Fingar Direct Investment
Courtney Fingar is a member of the Advisory Board for Global Chamber London, playing a key role in raising the visibility of the chamber in the UK through her deep experience in communications, media and foreign direct investment (FDI).
Courtney is a well-known expert on FDI and a business journalist with more than 20 years of media experience. In early 2023, she set up Fingar Direct Investment, a boutique consultancy advising governments on investment promotion, location marketing and content creation. The consultancy also supports private sector clients on strategic communications. Courtney is also a professional event moderator and keynote speaker, and advises event organizers on agenda writing and content.
Among her various roles, she serves as a senior adviser for the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), the main international association for government agencies charged with investment attraction. As a journalist Courtney has covered business stories in all major regions of the world and has been on assignment to more than 80 countries, interviewing heads of state and government ministers as well as business leaders. She has appeared on television and radio in dozens of countries as a commentator on international investment and has twice been called to give evidence to the UK Parliament about inward investment. Most recently the editor-in-chief of Investment Monitor, a digital publication focused on cross-border investment, she previously spent 15 years with the Financial Times where she ran the group’s specialist FDI publication.
Hande Ocak Basev
Managing Partner at WSI Digital Marketing Services
Hande Ocak Başev is a seasoned expert in AI-driven business strategies, management consulting, and digital transformation, with 25 years of experience. She has successfully managed more than 350 strategic, operational, and technological transformation projects and led over 50 business development initiatives. As a board member, she has provided strategic consultancy to various organizations, enabling them to achieve sustainable growth and strengthen their future trajectories.
Hande is the Managing Partner of WSI's London and Istanbul offices, leading global digital marketing and AI strategies for a network operating in 750 locations across 82 countries. Hande is an active member of WSI’s Global AI Leadership Board, where she advises on the strategic use of AI in business.
She is a Forbes Türkiye contributor, regularly sharing insights on AI trends, governance, and business applications. Beyond Forbes, she contributes thought leadership to various global publications and platforms.
She collaborates with Oxford University, co-developing the AI Leadership Readiness Index, an AI Use Case Factory, and a Business AI Strategy curriculum.
Jenny Lau
Head of Arbitration, iLaw
Jenny assists and advises clients on high value commercial disputes and has extensive experience in international arbitration and High Court litigation. She trained and practised at a City law firm, where she became a Director, before joining a commercial boutique firm, iLaw, in 2020 to lead their arbitration practice. Jenny has experience across a broad range of sectors and has dealt with a variety of corporate and commercial matters, including banking and finance issues, shareholder and joint venture disputes, contractual issues, commercial fraud, insolvency, and professional negligence matters. Jenny has also had the opportunity to see things on the other side of the fence, having enjoyed two secondments to technology clients, most recently, providing short term cover for the Legal Counsel of the international business of a global medical devices company.
Katie Keith
Founder of Katie Keith Collective
Katie Keith is a Business Growth & Change Strategist, Executive Coach known for helping leaders and organisations expand across borders, build strategic influence, and lead with impact on the world stage. Originally from Australia and now based in the UK, Katie brings a distinctly global perspective to her work shaped by over 25 years of experience across corporate leadership, international business development, and transformational change.
As the Founder of KK Collective, Katie leads a global leadership platform dedicated to empowering senior women in business. Through Rebel Circles (curated peer groups), 1:1 coaching, and emotional intelligence development using the CCR3 Discovery Tool, she helps leaders break through internal barriers, scale their influence, and build legacy-driven success.
Katie’s work bridges continents, industries, and leadership styles supporting founders, executives, and organisations across the UK, Europe, the US, and Australasia. She holds an MSc in Executive Coaching and Behavioural Change from Henley Business School and brings deep expertise in leadership transformation, emotional intelligence, and systemic thinking.
At Global Chamber London, Katie is the immediate past Executive Director, and now on the chapter advisory board, she fosters international collaboration by connecting decision-makers, innovators, and changemakers, accelerating cross-border trade, investment, and growth.
Her mission is clear: to reimagine leadership for a fast-changing world. Bold, human, connected and to create spaces where ambitious women lead authentically, rise together, and shape the future of global business.
Kari Chaudhry
Kari is a multi award-winning entrepreneur, investor, and designer who has made a name for herself in multiple sectors. Based in the UK and the USA, Kari has worked with a diverse clientele, including large corporations, start-ups, influential individuals, celebrities, and royalty.
Kari is widely recognized for her she is often sought after for her perspectives in media. She has been featured in numerous publications, including Forbes, Vogue, Fashion TV, Harper's Bazaar, and GQ Magazine.
Kari is also the founder of The Atlantic Society (TAS), a highly curated business platform and investor club that brings together a diverse and inclusive group of global leaders. TAS prioritizes initiatives from underrepresented communities around the globe and channels at least 50% of its investment towards creating a more equitable world by investing in individuals from underrepresented communities.
Kari has a particular interest in driving thought-leadership, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
Martin Hamilton
Director - International and UK, business advisor at Menzies LLP
Martin is the head of the accounts and advisory team for Menzies LLP’s London office. He specialises in both assisting UK business looking to grow and or expand, as well as assisting overseas business looking to operate in the UK. He works closely with his clients, looking to challenge them when appropriate, in order help them set and then achieve their vision and goals. Martin is an important member of the international inbound and outbound teams, with the aim of assisting the Global Chamber with such expertise. Menzies LLP is an accountancy firm delivering traditional accounting services combined with strategic commercial thinking. Their services include tax, audit, business recovery as well as a business & financial advisory services proven to add value and help your business to grow. They are part of HLB global network, meaning they have access to partner firms in over 150 countries, meaning they are able to provide a trusted advisor wherever the need.
Patricia Kenneth-Divine
Director - International Centre for Protocol and Diplomacy (ICPD)
With over 15 years experience on International trade advisory & business development, Patricia Kenneth-Divine has worked extensively with several foreign and local SMEs, mid–sized and global corporate UK & overseas businesses, fund aided projects, Government Departments etc. With extensive Industry knowledge of the business environment within emerging economies, with her expertise has applied practical business methodologies that has transformed global opportunities for change and success in Business. She is also very passionate about Increasing and promoting partnerships and Investments into Africa and had led on the implementation processes for high value opportunities within the UK and Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa, with a diverse approach to the engagements with Public, Private sector and Government Department. Her previous engagements at the Department of International Trade and as an International Trade Adviser for the Energy & Sustainability sectors in West-Africa has also accelerated her performances in promoting and developing new strategic business methodologies. Even within the disruptive environment, she is still being able to influence and develop dynamic approach to maximize multi sector opportunities through research, high level advisory, partnerships, project management, policy dynamics etc to increase export performance and turn around global opportunities. She has dynamic expertise and interest for Africa/ Sub-Saharan Africa. Providing expertise for emerging economies through a potential Business Growth Network aimed at powering opportunities through partnerships. Her passion for Business Improvement and continuous process improvement has led her to demonstrate her success stories within the Business Community. She has been instrumental in the successes of potential and dynamic projects across Africa from Energy, Oil and gas, Renewable, Agriculture, Infrastructure etc She is also promoting trade and investments opportunities with the African Continental Free Trade Agreement AcFTA within the United Kingdom. She is also a Champion for Diversity and inclusion, promoting a transformation and Innovation agenda through ethnic and minority business engagements. She has also been driving a global, strategic initiative in protocol and diplomacy. Currently the Principal Consultant for Synergy Systems Consults (UK) Limited and Director of the International Centre for Protocol and Diplomacy where she is leading on strategic engagements to promote Protocol and diplomacy globally. Initiating the World Protocol Matter campaign working with great brands, Professional bodies and Institutions.
Board Advisories
Paul Leslie Vousden
Director, Corporate Counsel
Senior manager with experience of team building and company expansions. Excellent communication skills and a professional background in corporate communications. A qualified business coach with The Core Asset – a leading coaching system for SMEs. Corporate Counsel provides a range of business advisory services helping companies to access investment for growth and providing strategic direction and management coaching.We can also advise on corporate governance, PR and communications and business planning.
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