Chief Executive: Walpole, the official sector body for British luxury.Walpole is the UK’s only business group for British luxury brands. Worth £81bn to the UK economy, supporting over 450,000 jobs and contributing 3.7% of the UK’s GDP, British luxury makes a vital contribution to the UK economy. A not-for-profit organisation, Walpole speaks on behalf of more than 250 of Britain’s finest brands including Alexander McQueen, Aston Martin, Burberry, Claridge’s, Fortnum & Mason, Glenfiddich, Harrods, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and Wedgwood, and is recognised in both Westminster and Brussels. With a mission to promote, protect and develop the business of luxury in the UK, Walpole brings its members together to collaborate and connect. Key events include the annual Walpole British Luxury Summit and the Walpole British Luxury Awards. It also provides a collective voice for luxury on key topics, commissions industry-leading research and works with government on issues affecting the sector. Walpole runs the flagship Brands of Tomorrow programme to develop new British luxury brands – alumni include Bremont, Emilia Wickstead, Nyetimber and Orlebar Brown – and works with the London Business School MBA programme to help develop the talent of the future with ‘Luxury Leaders of Tomorrow’. Walpole also spearheads the British Luxury Sustainability Manifesto, with the vision of making British luxury the global benchmark for luxury sustainability.Executive board member of ECCIA, the European Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance, working with sister luxury associations across Europe - Comite Colbert; Altagamma; Meisterkreis; Circulo Fortuny - to ensure the legislative and regulatory framework supports and protects the business of luxury. Member of the DIT Trade Advisory Group for British Manufactured and Consumer GoodsChair, Consumer Goods Advisory Group, All Party Parliamentary Group for International Trade and InvestmentDuke of Edinburgh's Women in Business Committee Member of LPO Advisory Councilhttps://smart.bio/walpole_uk/