CWEIC’s Deputy Chair, Sir Hugo Swire, co-chaired a roundtable with Strategic Partners and members of the CII delegation of CEOs led by Vikram Kirloskar, President, CII and Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motor and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). CWEIC and CII agreed to work on collaborating at the India-Africa conclave in… Continue reading Commonwealth Roundtable with Confederation of Indian Industry CEOs’ Delegation, June 2019
We hosted a roundtable discussion with Jeremy Clarke-Watson: New Zealand’s Special Envoy for Commonwealth Trade and our Strategic Partners at Marlborough House in London.
CWEIC supported our Strategic Partner, the Association of Business Executives (ABE), to celebrate their UNESCO-backed project to provide entrepreneurial skills to 1.2 million young Nigerians. The project is partially funded by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
We hosted Imo State Governor, the Rt. Hon Chief Sir Emeka Ihedioha, and discussed the Governor’s ambitious economic plans for the state during his first visit to the UK as Governor.
Lord Marland led a Commonwealth session at the Malta A.I. & Blockchain Summit in April 2019. Whilst in Malta, Lord Marland called on the Prime Minister and met our existing Strategic Partners.
CWEIC CEO, Alan Gemmell, Country Director, Obinna Anyanwu, and Supo Sashore called on HE Vice-President Osinbajo to discuss how CWEIC’s Commonwealth network could support the economic ambitions of the new Nigerian Government.
Former Attorney General of Lagos State, Supo Sashore, agreed to chair our Nigeria Advisory Council, which held its inaugural meeting in Lagos in April 2019. We were delighted to host the new Governor of Lagos State, HE Babajide Sanwo-Olu who gave one of his first international business addresses following his election. The meeting was also… Continue reading Nigeria International Advisory Council Meeting, Lagos April 2019
On Wednesday 6 March, the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) was joined by Country Director and former Director of Investment & Trade for Malaysia Tony Collingridge OBE, who delivered an insightful briefing on the economic climate in Malaysia ahead of CWEIC’s CEO Alan Gemmell’s visit to Kuala Lumpur in April. The roundtable discussion, hosted… Continue reading Malaysia Country Director Briefing at Marlborough House
CWEIC was pleased to convene its Nigeria based strategic partners and guests for the visit of Jersey Finance, to discuss the opportunities available in Jersey and how the Nigerian private sector can better engage.
CWEIC Chief Executive Alan Gemmell OBE traveled to Rwanda last week for a planning mission ahead of the next Commonwealth Business Forum, taking place in Kigali 2020. CWEIC traveled alongside a delegation from the Commonwealth Secretariat, and attended a number of joint planning meetings for bother the Business Forum, and the Commonwealth Heads of… Continue reading CWEIC Planning Mission to Rwanda Ahead of CBF 2020
