IBBC Commercial Adviser Richard Cotton joined 400 representatives of UK trade and investment at the British Government’s first UK Trade and Export Finance Forum in Westminster on 9 May. UK Export Finance and the Department for International Trade hosted the event, entitled ‘Leading with Finance Supporting a Global Britain’.

The event was held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London and featured Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, President of IBBC and the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan and other UK Government Ministers, major overseas buyers, in-market experts and senior industry representatives.

Representatives from IBBC Members GE and SNC Lavalin also gave speeches during the event.

Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for International Trade delivered a speech to the forum, which you can access here.