KEPSA CEO Ms Carole Kariuki held a meeting on Tuesday 21^st February 2023 with Lord Marland, the chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC United Kingdom). Lord Marland is currently in Kenya on a working visit. He retired as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy and chairman of the Business Ambassador Network on 1st January 2014.

Lord Marland is the former chairman of the Commonwealth Business Council and was Minister for the Department of Energy and Climate Change in 2010 and subsequently for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Lord Marland was one of the founding directors of Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc a multinational insurance business. He founded the Jubilee insurance company.

KEPSA and CWEIC have enjoyed long-term cordial relations where the two organizations have periodically partnered for the strategic benefit of their members. Some of the benefits offered by CWEIC are:

• Connection to the CWEIC Network which comprises more than 100 strategic partners and a wider network of more than 500 senior business and Government leaders across the Commonwealth from India to Small Island States.
• Business solutions and strategic advice for Strategic Partners with issues that are creating barriers to trading in Commonwealth markets.
• Bespoke business programmes for delegations visiting the UK and Commonwealth countries, with the opportunity to engage with senior government and institutional leaders through specially developed meeting and introduction visit programmes.
• New market entry advice and activity through our CWEIC Country Directors and networks, including but not limited to: Australia, the Caribbean, Ghana, Gibraltar, India, Kenya, Malta, Nigeria, Singapore, Sri Lanka, UAE and our UK headquarters.
• Nomination to join CWEIC’s Global Advisory Council with participation from prominent business leaders across the Commonwealth from over 20 countries.
• Invitation and privileged access to key Commonwealth events including the Commonwealth Formal Banquet at the Guildhall in the City of London; the biennial Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) held alongside the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and the Commonwealth Games Business Forum (CGBF).
• Position, profile and promote your business at CWEIC events and activities.
• Partnerships with connected organisations including The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT), Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) of which CWEIC recently signed an MoU that will provide members with access to 500 academic institutions across the Commonwealth.