UAE-UK Business Council

The UAE-UK Business Council is a high-level body co-chaired by H.E. Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, UAE Minister of State, and Lord Udny-Lister, former Chief Strategic Advisor to the British Prime Minister. It met for the first time in September 2011 and has met twice a year ever since, alternating between the UAE and the UK. Membership of the Business Council is by invitation only and is focused at CEO or Executive Board equivalent level. Current members include ADNOC, Mubadala, BP, Rolls Royce, Barclays and PWC. The role of the Business Council is to: Identify and recommend actions progressively to remove impediments to greater trade, investment and commercial links between the two countries; Act as a catalyst for greater interest and linkages between the two countries commercial sectors from small and medium sized enterprises to multinationals; Propose innovative areas of collaboration that would benefit both countries economically and commercially and could deepen the bilateral rela...