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Prime Minister's Trade Envoy programme appointments

皇冠体育app Prime Minister has today made three re-appointments and one new appointment to his Trade Envoy programme.

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皇冠体育app Prime Minister has today made three re-appointments to his Trade Envoy programme.

皇冠体育app re-appointments are:

  • Rt Hon David Mundell MP as the Prime Minister鈥檚 Trade Envoy to New Zealand,
  • Heather Wheeler MP as the Prime Minister鈥檚 Trade Envoy to Cambodia & Laos,
  • Laurence Robertson MP as the Prime Minister鈥檚 Trade Envoy to Angola, Zambia with the addition of Ethiopia.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister has also appointed Gareth Johnson MP as his Trade Envoy to the United Arab Emirates.

Trade Envoys support the UK economy by supporting British businesses to take advantage of the opportunities arising from the UK鈥檚 global trade agenda. 皇冠体育appy champion Global Britain and promote the UK as a destination of choice for inward investment across all regions of the UK, helping to level up the country.

皇冠体育app new appointments will extend the total number of Trade Envoys to 35 parliamentarians, covering 65 markets.

皇冠体育app Trade Envoys will work with the Department for Business and Trade鈥檚 global network to strengthen the UK鈥檚 trade and investment relationships within their appointed markets and break down barriers to doing business for UK firms.

Notes to editors:

  • 皇冠体育app role as a Prime Minister鈥檚 Trade Envoy is unpaid and voluntary with cross-party membership from both Houses.

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Published 28 March 2023
Last updated 28 March 2023 show all updates
  1. Amended to reflect that Laurence Robertson MP has been re-appointed as the Prime Minister鈥檚 Trade Envoy to Angola, Zambia with the addition of Ethiopia.

  2. First published.