His Royal Highness’s UKTI engagements in 2007
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January 2007
| 16 | Meeting with The Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Economic Secretary at The Treasury. |
| 18 | East London away day, visiting businesses on Green Street and the Tate & Lyle factory at Silvertown. |
| 23 | Visit to businesses in Surrey and Berkshire, including Modena Cars and Rockwell Collins. |
| 25 | World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (three day visit). |
| 29 | Open the Microsoft Government Leaders’ Forum in Edinburgh (two day visit). |
February 2007
| 5 | Visit to Dublin, Republic of Ireland. |
| 7 | Visit to businesses in Cornwall, including Brunel Business Park and Crantock Bakery. |
| 8 | Meeting with Mohamad Rachid, Minister of Trade and Industry, Egypt. |
| 12 | 3GSM Exhibition in Barcelona and meetings in Madrid, Spain (two day visit). |
| 20 | Daytime – meetings with Mr Cyrus Ardalan (Vice Chairman and Head of Middle east, Central Europe, Russia and North Africa Investment Banking, Barclays Capital) and Baroness Symons. |
| Evening – CEO Dinner at Buckingham Palace. | |
| 21 | Lunch at Buckingham Palace for companies from the Pharmaceuticals Sector. Reception at St James’s Palace for launch of United Kingdom Trade and Investment New Strategy. |
| 22 | Visit to businesses in Hertfordshire: Renewable Energy Systems, Altro Group, EADS Astrium and Computer Aided Development Corporation. |
| 27 | Visit to Dusseldorf, Germany. |
| 28 | Forbes CEO Middle East Forum in Qatar, and official calls, financial services focus. |
March 2007
| 1 | 12 day Gulf States Visit (Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain) |
| 20 | Visit to Auckland, New Zealand |
| Morning – Opportunity UK Trade and Investment Summit. HRH | |
| to give keynote address. | |
| Afternoon – visit to McDell Marine, a boatbuilding company | |
| supported by New Zealand UKTI. | |
| Evening – Opportunity UK Trade and Investment Summit gala | |
| charity dinner. | |
| 27 | Manchester away day:Bank of New York business lunch and visit to VAMS Products. |
| 28 | Daytime – visit to ELG haines Metal Ltd in Sheffield and open Robin Hood Airport. |
| Evening – ‘China Now’ working reception and UKTI Brazil visit briefing dinner. | |
April 2007
| 2 | Barclays Wealth call. |
| WPP meeting. | |
| Bush House (BBC World) lunch and visit. Extractive Industries Sector dinner at Royal Lodge. | |
| 23 | Energy Sector Dinner. |
| 11-16 | Visit to Brazil. |
| 24 | Morning – UKTI briefing lunch. Afternoon – The Queen’s Award for Enterprise reception. |
| 26 | Automotive Day: visits to the Toyota Academy, MIRA, Land Rover and Mercedes Formula One Engines. |
May 2007
| 8 | Visits to Huawei in Basingstoke, John Crane EAA, LG, and Mars all based in in Slough. |
| 10 | Visit to Siemens. |
| Visit to Japan | |
| 29 | UK-Japan briefing. Financial Services Dinner. |
| 30 | Visit to Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences. Visit to Sony Headquarters. Reception and dinner for UK-Japan Aerospace Forum. |
| 31 | UK-Japan Aerospace Forum Opening Ceremony. Visit to Reuters. Call on His Imperial Highness The Crown Prince. Reception for Japanese Financial Services Companies. Investors’ Dinner. |
June 2007
| Visit to Mongolia | |
| 1 | Call on President of Mongolia, Minister of Finance, Minister for Trade and Industry. |
| 2 | Visit to Oyu Tolgoi Project. Dinner with mining executives (Rio Tinto, Ivanhoe Mines). |
August 2007
| Visit to Singapore | |
| 27 | Dinner with British Financial Services Companies. |
| 28 | Visits to Shell Chemical Seraya, Lucite International and Tate and Lyle; lunch with Singaporean Inward Investors; call on the President of Singapore; visit to Biopolis to present UK-Singapore Partners in Science Partnership Award to the Chairman of the Agency for Science Technology and Research. |
| Visit to Malaysia | |
| 29 | Call on the Chief Minister; audience with HRH Sultan Iskandar, Sultan of Jahor; lunch hosted by Sultan of Jahor; visit to Dyson; |
| keynote speech at the launch of ‘UK/Malaysia: Partners in Leadership’; audience with Deputy Prime Minister. | |
| 30 | INCIEF Seminar (keynote speech); visit to Petronas; call on the Prime Minister; audience with His Majesty Al Watiqhu Billah Tuanku Mizan ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. |
| 31 | Attends the Merdeka Parade with HM The Agong; attends Royal Tea Party hosted by The Agong. |
September 2007
| 1- 5 |
Visit to Singapore and Malaysia. |
| 10 | Visit Scott Aerospace in Yate, visit OC Robotics in Filton, visit Airbus UK in Filton, visit AgustaWestland Helicopters in Yeovil |
| 12 | Attend Air BP International Conference in Gleneagles – Keynote speech |
| 17-18 | Visit to Slovenia (including call on Prime Minister, call and lunch with the President, call on Minister of Foreign Affairs, dinner with the Minister of Trade and launch of the UK sponsored “Energy in South East Europe” project, including a speech) |
| 24 | Meeting with Chief Executive of British Telecommunications plc; briefing by Citi; meeting with Chief Executive of Air Asia |
| 25 | Meeting with Director of the Conservative Middle East Council; meeting with Ambassador for China; meetings with representatives of the Said Business School and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| 26 | Visit Shearline Precision Engineering in Cambridge; visit Microsoft Research in Cambridge |
| 27 | Briefing from Infraco |
October 2007
| 1-2 | Visit Azerbaijan (including call on President of BP Azerbaijan, launch of bmi in Azerbaijan, dinner with the President). |
| 3 | visit Kazakhstan (including attendance and speech at Fifteenth Anniversary Kazakhstan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (KIOGE), meetings with Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, and the President of KazMunaiGas). |
| 6-7 | Meeting with Bank of China; dinner with Bank of China representatives in Shanghai. |
| 9 | Lunch for consulting engineers. |
| 10 | Visit Digital Knowledge Exchange in Doncaster; business lunch at Sheffield Hallam University. |
| 11 | Briefing by Sherman and Sterling; meeting with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; meeting with Prime Minister. |
| 15 | Visit Innocent Drinks; meeting with Chief Executive of Cable and Wireless; briefing at State Street Global Advisors; meeting with Chief Executive of British Airways; lunch for representatives of the carbon trading industry; attend the Chatham House Awards Ceremony Reception. |
| 22 | Visit Marks and Spencer Head Office; present the Technical Textiles Awards; attend briefing lunch prior to visit to North Africa. |
| 23-25 | Visit United Arab Emirates (including Reception and Dinner for International Power and the Emirates Foundation, meeting with Mubadala Development Company, lunch for HSBC Bank, meeting with Crown Prince, dinner with Minister of Foreign Affairs, meeting with MASDAR and Abu Dhabi Tourist Authority). |
| 29 | Attend UKTI Board meeting; meeting with the Consul General to New York. |
| 30 | Meeting with Chief Executive of VT Group plc. |
| 31 | Meeting with Chinese businessmen. |
November 2007
| 1- 2 |
Visit to Morocco (including call on Wali of Casablanca, call on Prince Moulay Rachid, dinner for financial services and public utility companies, meeting with President and members of Morocco-Britain Business Council, President of British Chamber of Commerce and President of the Confederation Generale des Enterprise du Maroc). |
| 3-4 | Visit to Algeria (including calls on Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Youth and Sport, Minister for Education, Minister for Energy and Mines, Dinner for the oil and gas industries). |
| 5-9 | Visit to Libya (including call on Prime Minister, meetings with Secretary of Economy and Trade; Chairman of National Oil Corporation; Minister for Africa; Minister for Industry, Electricity, Gas and Water; visits to Amec and Agoco, attend the Bi-water conference, visit to BP, attend financial roundtable meeting with Libyan Investment Authority and Libyan Foreign Bank, call on Secretary of the Benghazi Congress). |
| 13 | Attend Moray business Lunch, gave a dinner for Scottish Development International at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. |
| 14 | Visit ProStrakan in Galashiels, visit Lochcarron of Scotland in Selkirk, local business lunch, visit Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre and the Advanced Computing Facility at Edinburgh University |
| 15 | Briefing at Cancer Research Technology Development Laboratories in London; meeting with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development; attend malaria eradication dinner. |
| 16 | Meeting with Chief Executive of BP. |
| 19 | Meeting with Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families; meeting with representatives from the Treasury. |
December 2007
| 10 | Meeting with Chief Executive of BG Group; meeting with Chief Executive of Rolls Royce. |
| 11 | Meeting with Lord Mayor of London. |
| 12 | Visit Intercapital in London; meeting with Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; lunch with representative from Shell. |
| 14 | Meeting with Deputy Speaker of the Azeri Parliament and a delegation of Azeri MPs. |
View engagements from 2006.
For a full list of The Duke of York’s official engagements going back to 1997, search the Court Circular on the British Monarchy’s main site. This is a retrospective list of all official engagements
carried out by members of the Royal Family.
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