17 July 2008
London and Thai financial leaders
meet
The leader of London’s financial services centre, Lord Mayor
David Lewis, on Wednesday hosted Thai Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Industry His Excellency Mr Suwit at his Mansion House
residence. Mr Khunkitti led a delegation of seven senior Thai
business executives including the Chairman of the Thai Stock
Exchange and the President of the Bank of Bangkok. Leading
representatives of the UK financial services industry also attended
the meeting. The leaders discussed the outlook for the global
financial services industry and future commercial relations between
the UK and Thailand.
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- The UK is Thailand’s most significant European investor and
second largest European exporter. In 2006, Thailand imported goods
and services from the UK worth £568 million. British companies such
as Shell, BP, Unilever, Standard Chartered and HSBC have a long
history in Thailand. More recently, companies such as Boots, Tesco,
Barclays Capital and Thames Water have also invested in
Thailand.
- The Lord Mayor acts as the ambassador for UK-based financial
services and spends around 100 days of his year visiting more than
20 countries. He is the annually-elected head of the City of
London Corporation which provides local government services for the
Square Mile, the financial and commercial heart of the UK. The Lord
Mayor, the City of London, UKTI and the UK Treasury work in
partnership to promote UK financial services.
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