Lena Patel

Deputy CEO, RBIJ

Lena Patel is the Deputy CEO of the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice where she oversees RBIJ's strategic engagement with the business community across the globe. She also manages RBIJ's activity in the United Kingdom.

With over 25 years experience in stakeholder engagement and management, in both the public and corporate sectors, Lena’s varied work experience includes the Greater London Authority, where she led the Mayor’s Private Sector Team; Nesta, where she managed corporate affairs; and more recently, as Head of Public Affairs for German-owned myLotto24, part of the Zeal Group, where she led on international public affairs and corporate social responsibility for the group. Lena has a BA (Hons) Law and Business and an LLM International and Commercial Law from the University of Sheffield. She is a mentor with One Million Mentors and a Trustee at UpRising and an Assessor with the College of Policing.