IBBC hosted a dinner in honour of Mr Xavier Rolet, CEO of the London Stock Exchange Group, on Monday 17 July. The dinner was held at the Cavalry and Guards Club on Piccadilly.

The dinner was attended by IBBC President, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, and IBBC Managing Director, Christophe Michels.

Mr Michels said that: “it was an immense honour and privilege for IBBC to host Mr Rolet, one of the busiest actors in the global economy”, he further commented that: “the dinner with Mr Rolet was part of the wide ranging effort the IBBC is undertaking to put Iraq firmly on the map as a country to do business in”.  Members in attendance included representatives of Amec Foster Wheeler, Bath Spa University, Constellis, EY, Garda World, HWH & Associates, International Islamic Bank,  Mott MacDonald, Pell Frischmann, Perkins +Will UK, Petrofac, Rolls-Royce, Standard Chartered Bank and UB Holding.

After dinner, Mr Rolet spoke about the transforming power of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in any country and particularly in emerging markets such as Iraq. He made the point that SMEs can spearhead profound societal change in countries which face political and other factors of instability and spoke of the various initiatives his company is taking globally to build up and promote SMEs.

IBBC Vice President, Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, moderated the Q&A with Mr Rolet after his address.