Our Eurasia, Middle East and Africa Market Advisory Group (MAG) provides thought-leadership and set the strategic direction of UK-based financial and related professional services firms’ engagement in the regions.
We bring together senior practitioners from across the UK-based financial and related professional services industry to advice and provide insight on issues of greatest priority to the industry, and to support and develop policies that enhance trade and investment between the UK and emerging markets in Eurasia, Middle East and Africa.
Our Eurasia, Middle East and Africa MAG is chaired by Adrian Cartwright, Global Partner, Clifford Chance.
Priorities of the Eurasia, Middle East and Africa MAG:
- Engaging policymakers, regulators and local industry to deepen UK collaboration on Financial and Professional Services across the middle east, in collaboration with UK government
- Progressing key bilateral engagement across Eurasia in areas such as capital market development, corporate governance, sustainable finance, FinTech and regulatory cooperation, and Free Trade Agreements
- Supporting the UK governments economic development agenda in Africa, delivering FCDO funded projects in key financial hubs across the continent to develop open and well-regulated financial services sectors, consistent with international best practices that promote opportunities and encourage investment
Recent activities
- Provision of the industry’s priorities to HM Government for the UK’s Free Trade Agreement negotiations with Türkiye.
- Developing recommendations to His Majesties Treasury on enhancing UK FPRS collaboration with Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
- Joint events with the Bahrain economic development board on Bahrain as a fintech and talent hub.
- Leading planning for the UK FPRS industries contribution to sustainability goals at COP 29 in Baku.
- Working with UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department of Business and Trade on a range of development projects in Eurasia and Africa. We have managed several UK Government funded projects focussed on promoting good regulatory practice, corporate governance and financial inclusion. We have delivered these projects working with our members and senior industry stakeholders and officials in key markets.
For more information about our Eurasia, Middle East and Africa work programme please contact us.