networking for results lunch - London Chamber of Commerce and

Asian Business Association
NETWORKING FOR
RESULTS LUNCH
On Friday 24 September 2010, 11.30am - 2.45pm
At The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, Belgravia,
London SW1X 7DR
With guest speaker Mishal Husain
News Presenter, BBC1’s News at Ten and BBC World News
Sponsored by
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Our Business is Your Business
WHY ATTEND
• Meet new business contacts
Let us know who you would like to network with and we will do our best to make
the match
• Hear from and put your questions to Mishal Husain, News Presenter,
BBC 1’s News at Ten and BBC World News
• Share knowledge and experience with others
• Build a business community
• Entertain key clients and potential customers in a unique setting
WHO WILL YOU MEET
Between 60-90 guests will attend this event from a variety of industry sectors including:
professional services, IT, marketing, media, property, leisure and tourism, recruitment and
training, transport and logistics and importers and exporters. This event is open to both
Asian and non-Asian businesses.
VENUE
The Caledonian Club is a private members' club situated in the heart of Belgravia.
Originally founded in 1891 as a proprietary club, The Caledonian Club as it is today,
was formed in 1917 under the energetic leadership of the Marquis of Tullibardine.
The event will be held in the exquisite Johnnie Walker Music Room where guests will
experience a delicious three course lunch and fine wine.
TIMINGS
11.30am
Guests arrive for registration and pre-lunch drinks reception
12.25pm
Welcome address from Sunil Gadhia, Chairman, Asian Business Association
12.30pm
Keynote address from Mishal Husain, News Presenter, BBC1’s News
at Ten and BBC World News
12.55pm
Three course lunch
2.45pm
Event concludes
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Our Business is Your Business
OUR SPEAKER
Mishal Husain
News Presenter,
BBC1’s News at Ten and BBC World News
Mishal Husain presents BBC 1 ’s News at Ten on Sunday evenings, and is a familiar face to
viewers around the world as a key presenter on BBC World News where she is the host of
the flagship Impact Asia. Her wide ranging talents have also been seen on programmes as
diverse as BBC1's Breakfast, BBC2’s The Culture Show, and Radio 4’s Profile and You and Yours.
Mishal forged her international reputation as the first Washington-based presenter for the
BBC, fronting news programmes around the time of the Iraq war and developing a keen
following among US viewers. She is also known for presenting live on location for the BBC,
including coverage of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination in 2007 and the Beijing Olympics in
2008.
Mishal's three-part documentary series for BBC2 on the life of Mahatma Gandhi aired in
October 2009. Her other ventures outside news and current affairs have included being the
questioner on BBC2's The Cram in 2004 and BBC1 's Hardspell and Starspell in 2005.
Mishal was born in the UK in 1973 but grew up in the Middle East. She was educated at
Cambridge University, where she read law, and then at the European University Institute in
Florence, where she completed a Master’s in human rights law.
Her interest in human rights and the law remains in place and she has both judged and
hosted the Amnesty International Media Awards.This year, she also chaired the judging panel
for the Orange Prize for New Writers, and was named by the Times as one of the five most
influential Muslim women in Britain.
THE ASIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
The Asian Business Association (ABA) of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
is the voice of Asian business in the capital. It campaigns on issues directly affecting Asian
businesses within London's business community and encourages development through
publicity and networking opportunities.
The ABA calendar of events comprises of networking lunches, receptions and an annual
dinner held at impressive venues throughout London. The events attract high-level speakers
and audiences from both Asian and non-Asian businesses.
The ABA media partner for 2010 is Asian Marketing & Media Group (AMG).
The Committee for the Asian Business Association meets four times a year to discuss the
policy and lobbying activities, as well as the events programme.
For more information about the Committee please contact
committees@londonchamber.co.uk
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Our Business is Your Business
OUR SPONSOR
With offices in 88 countries worldwide, HSBC's
international connectivity and presence is unrivalled,
truly cementing its position as the 'the world's local
bank.' The cultural insight and understanding derived
from HSBC's unique international standing has been
further utilised within the UK through its Multicultural
Commercial Banking (MCB) proposition - a segment devoted to providing dedicated relationship
banking for South Asian, Chinese, Polish and Turkish owned businesses with an annual turnover
of over £2 million.
Our specialist MCB relationship managers offer entrepreneurial migrants an unparalleled depth
of cultural sensitivity, native business practices, language and cultural norms which are not only
understood and respected; they are fundamental to the relationship between banker and
customer.
MCB centres have been strategically placed in localities throughout the UK, typically in areas with
high levels of migrant entrepreneurship. Unsurprisingly, given the diversity of the capital, Polish,
Chinese, Turkish and South Asian units operate throughout London - with offices in Stratford,
Canary Wharf, Ealing and Croydon. South Asian units operate in Manchester, Birmingham,
Sheffield, Bradford, Leeds, Leicester and Preston.
In addition to culturally-centric banking, HSBC offer support through a range of events designed
to bring the multicultural business community closer together, encourage networking and
enhance opportunities for business growth. Recent events held for South Asian customers
includes 'Festival of Seasons' celebrations in November to honour the festival of Diwali and Eid,
while Chinese customers celebrated the dawn of the Year of the Tiger with a Chinese New Year
party in late February.
The success of MCB in the UK is now set to be replicated worldwide with the introduction of a
'Global Indian Business' strategy, focussing on Indian Diaspora communities throughout the world.
Head of this initiative, Dalip Puri, explained, ‘We have come to realise the size and strength of the
Indian Diaspora all over the globe. Given the strong links which often prevail between these
communities and Indian owned enterprise, and our strong position on the sub-continent, we are
in a position to develop bespoke banking solutions for Indian customers. We are looking at ways
to offer banking solutions which enhance the service we currently offer, for example, faster
remittance for payments to India.'
As to the future for culturally driven banking services? As the world becomes an increasingly
smaller place to do business, banking which recognises and celebrates the cultural identity of
customers, regardless of where they work, live or trade, is surely set to be a valuable and
welcome addition to the definition of a bank with true international reach and capability.
ABA NETWORKING FOR RESULTS LUNCH
On Friday 24 September 2010, 11.30am - 2.45pm At The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, Belgravia, London SW1X 7DR
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