🤝 The King received in Audience The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP today and requested him to form a new Administration.
Sir Keir accepted His Majesty's offer and was appointed Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.
Delighted to join many colleagues and friends to celebrate the 248th Anniversary of the Independence of #USA at the Ambassador’s Residence in London. Thank you to @USAmbUK and all the @USAinUK team for the invitation and for hosting such a wonderful event. @IBDE_Org
Today at the @IBDE_Org Annual Conference plenary on Trade HC @VDoraiswami highlighted the increased share of the external sector in India’s growth, which rested on the pillars of Democracy, Demography, Digitalisation and Domestic demand.
@MEAIndia@DPIITGoI@sujitjoyghosh
Working session @IBDE_Org chaired by @markboleat on outcomes COP in UAE and Davos meetings on countering climate change and sustainable development.
From doing no harm to doing the right
thing.
@RexRexhmati
Today we held the inaugural meeting of the #Trade and #Investment Advisory Group (TIAG) of @IBDE_Org.
The TIAG membership is comprised of senior representatives from #business and #diplomatic community.
To find out more please visit our website https://t.co/qjY2QOZxcz
Delighted to announce the 2024 Annual Conference of #IBDE will be held on 18-21 March. The Conference provides an excellent opportunity to engage in constructive, forward-looking discussions on topical issues as well as enjoy high-level networking. More at https://t.co/zJLYqIjwX7
Today we held #IBDE CEO’s Briefing with Ambassadors of @ASEAN, kindly hosted by Saif Malik, CEO UK @StanChart
A great opportunity to hear from the Ambassadors of #Indonesia (2023 Chair of ASEAN) & #Lao PDR (2024 Chair of ASEAN) on priorities of both countries’ ASEAN chairmanship
Thank you to @markboleat & @IBDE_Org for an inspiring discussion on the underpinnings of the strong 🇨🇭-🇬🇧 cooperation in financial, services, in #lifesciences and in research & innovation, making #Switzerland a key investment destination and a top 10 trading partner for the UK
Useful working session of @IBDE_Org (where diplomats meet business) on internal and external dimensions of current slow down of Chinese economy.
Some great Dutch art @citibank here in London by the way, by Jan Dibbets.
(1) Informal meeting of International Business and Diplomatic Exchange (@IBDE_Org) with City of London and Canary Wharf companies and ambassadors on China. Many good insights on SQ of China’s economy, the way China recover from slowdown.
(Picture of my NL colleague Amb Karel).
Next: Fireside chat I: DEI – how is the landscape evolving in 2023? With Vivienne Artz OBE FCSI (Hon), Vice Chair ED&I Advisory Board, @IBDE_Org in conversation with Sarah Guerra, Head of Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, @bankofengland