Kamel Hothi

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Kamel Kaur Hothi OBE
Born	1962 (age 63–64) London, England
Education	World Sikh University
Occupation	Banker
Years active	1979–present
Employer	Formerly Lloyds Bank
Known for	Adviser to several organisations
Board member of	City Sikhs, Memusa, The Lions Club, Queen’s Commonwealth Trust
Awards	Honorary doctorate, World Sikh University (2011)
Honours	OBE (2017)

Kamel Hothi OBE (born 1962) is a British banker and financial adviser.

Career

Hothi has worked at Lloyds Bank since about 1979. Kamel became TSB's first female manager in the South-east and the bank's first Asian manager. She is ranked in the top 100 most influential black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders in the UK.

She is credited with developing the Asian Strategy across the Lloyds Banking Group in Britain, which improved access to finance for Ethnic communities.

She is an advisory board member of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust Fund setup in 2018 aimed at connecting young leaders who are working hard to change the world. and a trustee of the Memusi Foundation, a charity that funds education in Kenya and Tanzania.

Awards and recognition

In the 2017 Birthday Honours, Kamel was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to promoting diversity in banking. She received an honorary degree in 2011 by the World Sikh University for being the architect behind the Asian strategy across Lloyds Banking Group.

In addition she has received a wide range of awards recognising her professional achievements including:

• Accountancy & Finance award at the British Indian Awards in 2013

• Ranked the Top 10 Diversity Champion in the UK by the Prime Minister Gordan Brown in 2010

• Professional Woman of the Year award at the Asian Achievers Awards in 2008

• Sikh Women in the Community award at the Vaisakhi festival by Mayor of London 2007

See also

• List of British Sikhs

References