Guidance

His Majesty's Trade Commissioners: regional responsibilities

Updated 3 February 2025

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His Majesty’s Trade Commissioners (HMTCs) represent and promote the UK in important markets across the world. They lead on export promotion, inward and outward investment, and trade policy overseas on behalf of His Majesty’s Government (HMG).

Their work includes developing and delivering a regional trade plan setting out the Department for Business and Trade’s priorities in important global markets.

HMTCs also work closely with the wider diplomatic network and UK based colleagues to coordinate HMG activity on our wider prosperity agenda.

HMTC profiles:

Africa

Asia Pacific

  • Martin Kent – HM Trade Commissioner for Asia Pacific

China and Hong Kong

  • Lewis Neal – HM Trade Commissioner for China and Hong Kong

Eastern Europe and Central Asia

  • Kenan Poleo – HM Trade Commissioner for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Europe

Latin America and the Caribbean

Middle East and Pakistan

  • Sarah Mooney – HM Trade Commissioner for the Middle East and Pakistan

North America

South Asia

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