Annex: Visit Programmes
UAE & Saudi Arabia: Saturday
25-Thursday 30 April 2009
DUBAI
SUNDAY 26 APRIL 2009
Briefing by Guy Warrington HM Consul-General, and
Jeff Wilson, Deputy Consul-General and Director of UKTI
Meeting with HE Hisham Al Shirawi, First Vice-Chairman,
HE Hamad Buamim, Director General and Mr Omar Khan, Director,
Customer Service Centres, Dubai Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Meeting with Dr Mohammad Al Zarouni, Director-General
and Mr Nasser Al Madani, Assistant Director-General, Dubai Airport
Free Zone Authority
Working lunch with local and British officials and
businessmen
Meeting with Mr David Orgill, Country Operations
Manager, Al Shaya Group
Meeting with Mr Fuad Sharaf, Vice President, Mall
of Emirates
Meeting with Paul Burns, Managing Director and Matthew
Bell, Marketing Manager, Aggreko
ABU DHABI
MONDAY 27 APRIL 2009
Briefing with HM Ambassador Edward Oakden.
Meeting with Federal National Council.
Meeting with HE Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister
of State for Foreign Affairs.
Meeting and working lunch with British Business Group.
Attend launch of Berwin Leighton Paisners' Abu Dhabi
Office.
Working dinner hosted by HM Ambassador Edward Oakden.
TUESDAY 28 APRIL 2009
Meeting with HE Mohammed Bin Abdul Aziz al Shihhi,
Director-General, Minister of Economy.
Meeting with Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co.
RIYADH
Briefing with HM Ambassador Sir William Patey.
Working dinner hosted by HM Ambassador Sir William
Patey.
WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL
Briefing with UKTI.
Meeting with Mr Hassan bin Abdullah al-Shehri, Chairman
of the Economic Committee of Majalis Ash Shura, and colleagues.
Meeting with Dr Awwad S Al Awwad, Deputy Governor
of SAGIA.
Meeting with Mr Timothy Gray, Chief Executive of
HSBC; Mr Clive Rates, Managing Director & Head of Global Banking
Advisory; and Mr Andrew Bell, Managing Director & Head of
Global Banking Advisory (London); and colleagues.
Meeting with Mr Martin McCann, Vice President of
Direct Programmes and Mr Dave Sanderson, Vice President, Commercial
& Procurement of BAE Systems, Salwa, and colleagues.
Wrap-up session with HM Ambassador Sir William Patey.
Paris, Toulouse and Milan: Monday
9-Thursday 12 November 2009
PARIS
MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER
Welcome by HM Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott, and
Barbara Habberjam, Director of UKTI France. Briefing by Eric Célerier,
Economist, Europe Team, British Embassy on French economy and
bilateral trade.
Briefing with UKTI France team.
Meeting with Madame Laure de Mondragon of UBIFrance.
Dinner hosted by HM Ambassador, Sir Peter Westmacott.
TOULOUSE
TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER
Meeting with M. Rainier Ohler.
Working lunch hosted by Mr Tom Williams, EVP Programmes
& Senior National Representative, Airbus UK.
Tour of A330 and A380 Final Assembly Lines.
Working dinner hosted by British Consul, Alastair
Roberts, British Consulate.
MILAN
WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER
Briefing by Mr Steve Anderson, Deputy Consul General.
Briefing and round table discussion with Mr Lucio
Stanca, CEO Milan Expo and his senior management team.
Meeting with Mrs Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milan.
Buffet dinner with UKTI staff and local business
contacts.
THURSDAY 12 NOVEMBER
Meeting with companies that have used UKTI services.
Meeting with UKTI staff, followed by coffee with the British Chambers
of Commerce Councillors.
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