Lord Mayor of The City of London visits Qatar
The Lord Mayor of London, a global ambassador for the UK’s financial and professional services industry, is visiting Doha this week to strengthen trade links with the City of London.
Peter Estlin, the Lord Mayor of London
Peter Estlin, the Lord Mayor, will meet leaders from the Qatar Central Bank, Qatar Investment Authority and from key ministries. The visit begins a period of high-level engagement with key Qatari leaders and stakeholders ahead of a visit to Mansion House later this month by HE Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani, Governor of Qatar Central Bank.
Qatar has already invested more than half of the £5bn it pledged to invest in the UK in 2017, and the visit will be an opportunity to explore further possibilities.
Peter Estlin, the Lord Mayor of London said:
Qatar presents huge long-term opportunities for the City of London and the UK’s financial services industry.
I anticipate that this month will be the start of great new chapter in the UK’s economic partnership with Qatar, a country whose considerable investments have brought significant job creation and prosperity across the UK. I look forward to discussing how we can continue that progress, as well as looking at how the UK can help to develop Qatar’s financial services industry.
The UK already has strong trading relationship with Qatar, and it’s my ambition with this visit to contribute to the deepening and growth of this relationship in the years to come.
Background
The City of London Corporation is the governing body of the Square Mile dedicated to a vibrant and thriving City, supporting a diverse and sustainable London within a globally-successful UK.