Meet the team

Gian Power founded TLC Lions following his time at Deutsche Bank and PwC. Whilst working in the city, a personal tragedy struck with the murder of his father. Gian witnessed first-hand some of the inclusion & wellbeing issues in the corporate world. Importantly he saw the need to create a more emotionally engaged work place.

With 38 years’ experience, Dr Kamel Hothi is now ranked in the top 100 most influential black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders in the UK by the FT and was awarded an OBE for her services to promoting diversity in banking. As well as running her own property business she sits on several boards as an Advisor / Trustee including Alzheimer’s Society & the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust across 53 countries.

Truett Tate has a career spanning over 50 years and began his journey at Citigroup in NYC before joining Lloyds Banking Group as Group Executive Director in London. His experience includes a number of Executive and Board level positions including as CEO of ANZ NA/Europe, Board memberships at Virgin Group, Lloyds Banking Group, LDC, Equal Future and more. Today Truett is Chairman of several companies, including Reference Point, Ellig, DevClever, Thinkably, Former Chairman of QBE NA and Group Chairman of TLC Lions.

Ali started her career in HR with Goldman Sachs where she worked for 14 years before assuming her current role in 2008 at Rothschild & Co as the Global Head of HR for Investment Banking and Private Equity. Ali also sits on the Queen’s Gallery Group a collection of HR and Diversity professionals hosted by the Royal Household. An experienced HRD with global responsibility for talent management, reward, retention and development as well as inclusion and wellbeing. Ali is a GB Age Group Triathlete and has competed in both European and World Championships.

Huw is a Partner in law firm Lee & Thompson’s Marketing & Advertising Group, as well as the founder and current chair of the firm’s Inclusion and Belonging Network. Huw has extensive UK and international experience advising clients on the full spectrum of general commercial related matters. He was ranked in the outstanding Leading LGBT+ Executives List in 2018 & 2019 and was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Telegraph’s Diversity & Inclusion Conference 2019. A founding Committee member of the Law Society’s LGBT+ Lawyers Division and a board member of OUTvertising. Huw is also a Trustee and NED of international youth support charity DitchTheLabel.

Mark has a truly integrated marketing background. He has worked across advertising, media and digital. He’s created and built brands, run agencies and headed up major global accounts. Mark is currently Co-Founder and Managing Director of Maker, a branding, advertising and eCommerce agency focused on helping startup businesses realise their potential. Prior to Maker he was Worldwide Managing Director at Saatchi & Saatchi based out of their global HQ in New York. Previous roles include Global Chief Strategy Officer at Imagination, the leading independent brand and design consultancy and Global Head of Communications Planning at Lowe & Partners. Mark is also a Mentor for the Natwest Entrepreneur Accelerator Programme and is founder of Love Writing Co.

Joanne has worked in Real Estate for over thirty years. She has sold well over $1 Billion in luxury homes and been consistently named one of the “Top 100 Agents in America”. Joanne is based in Chicago and committed to many important causes. She sits on the boards of the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital, Respiratory Health Association, as well as Facing History and Ourselves. Having worked as a corporate attorney before moving into real estate, she is very aware of the many challenges employees face. Joanne is keen to improve corporate culture by supporting our growth strategy across the USA.