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Introduction

BritishAmerican Business stands at the heart of the business relationship between the US and the UK and Continental Europe, with a membership of 700 companies and 4,500 executives in New York and London, and business networks covering 60 other European and American cities. British and American companies are the world’s largest outward investors, and by far the largest investors in each other’s economies.

The US/UK business relationship is the largest between any two countries; and New York and London provide the main transatlantic business hubs for European and American companies respectively. Our members include many of the world’s largest multinationals, as well as hundreds of middle-market companies.

Key trade and investment partners
The US and the UK are the largest foreign investors in the world, and they are each the largest investors in one another’s countries. The trade and investment relationship is also well balanced with US investment in the UK sustaining one million jobs, and vice versa.

Membership benefits

We leverage the strengths of our membership base and strategic position to provide a broad range of targeted services to help our members build and manage their business. These include:

• Platforms to promote their brand, services and products to a high-level transatlantic business audience
• Access to business and government leaders on both sides of the Atlantic, and to potential clients and partners
• Business intelligence and strategies to inform their planning and decision-making
• Business facilities to support the growth and management of their business
• Occasions and events for high-quality business networking and client entertainment
• A voice with governments on policy issues that impact their business

“Through its extensive North American and European networks, BritishAmerican Business offers its members great business opportunities far beyond its home bases of New York and London”

Aidan Walsh,Partner in Charge (International), KPMG

We deliver these services through our BritishAmerican Business Leadership Access and BritishAmerican Business Support Programmes.

BritishAmerican Business leadership access

Through BritishAmerican Business Leadership Access, we offer our members the opportunity to meet and interact with business, government and opinion-leaders at more than 100 occasions annually.

Our programme includes:

• Chief Executive Officer presentations by business leaders such as Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP Group plc, Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and CEO of Federal Express, Lord John Browne, group CEO of BP, and Bill Harrison, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase and Company
• Ministerial/Ambassadorial briefings with US/ UK/European Union (EU) Cabinet Ministers, Ambassadors and senior officials
• Business briefings by industry experts and opinionleaders; such as the editors-in-chief of prestigious publications including the Financial Times, Business Week and The Economist
• Leadership forums and roundtables to discuss specific business challenges and opportunities
• High-level networking and client entertainment events at venues such as the House of Commons, Ambassadorial Residences, leading hotels and corporate venues, golf clubs and retail stores

We also provide our members with access to information and influence on US/UK/EU policy issues that impact their business through our briefings on policy developments and our representations to government leaders on behalf of our members. Further highlights, in addition to our main business programme, include:

“BritishAmerican Business is an outstanding organisation. It plays a key role in furthering US and UK business interests by promoting an open trading environment in partnership with both our governments. I wholeheartedly support BritishAmerican Business and its work”

The Hon Robert H Tuttle US Ambassador to the Court of St James’s & Sir David Manning, HM Ambassador to the US

Transatlantic Busines Awards

Each year, at a gala dinner in New York, BritishAmerican Business honours the chief executives of two major multinationals and two entrepreneurial companies for their contribution to transatlantic business. Since its launch in 1995, this dinner has become recognised as the premier event in the transatlantic business calendar.

Channing Corporate Citizenship Awards Dinner

This prestigious award is presented annually in London and recognises business leaders that not only have an outstanding track record in corporate citizenship, but also lead international efforts to engage with the challenges of corporate responsibility and governance.

Annual Holiday Luncheon

On both sides of the Atlantic, BritishAmerican Business’s Holiday Luncheons, which are held in December, have been one of our largest and most popular events for more than 40 years. Each year, the luncheons attract 1,000 executives.

BritishAmerican Business Support

Through BritishAmerican Business Support, we offer a full portfolio of programmes to advance the business goals of all our members. We do this by helping them:

• Raise their business profile with the business communities on both sides of the Atlantic, through our events and publications
• Market their services and products to our members through our website, publications, direct mail and “member-to-member” programmes
• Develop business through targeted networking at our events, personalised introductions, and our Bureau Van Dijk and membership databases
• Manage their transatlantic operations by using our visa and cross-cultural services to relocate their employees, and our Member Space to conduct business in Midtown Manhattan and Mayfair, London.

Our networks

BritishAmerican Business incorporates the American Chamber of Commerce (UK) and British-American Chamber of Commerce (New York/London), which merged in 2000 to create a single fully integrated transatlantic business organisation. As a not-for-profit membership organisation, we are dedicated to serving our members and are governed by a transatlantic Board of Directors, elected by our members.

We enjoy strong support from our International Advisory Board, which consists of leaders of over 50 major multinational companies, as well as from the UK and US governments. We also offer several levels of membership, designed to meet the needs and interests of different types and sizes of company. We provide all our members with access to much broader American and European business networks, achieved through our active participation in:

• British-American Business Council (BABC), with chapters in 26 major cities throughout North America and the UK, enabling BritishAmerican Business members to participate in the programmes and access the membership databases of all these chapters;
• US Chamber of Commerce and its European Council of American Chambers of Commerce (ECACC), with a presence in 32 cities throughout Europe.

“Organisations like BritishAmerican Business, which promote an open international trading environment, are critical to our success and the success of transatlantic business”

Alan Elkin, Chairman and CEO, Active International

BritishAmerican Business at a glange

Chairman Graham Broyd Vice Chairman of RBS North American Services Inc President Dan Glaser, Managing Director AIG Europe (UK) Ltd Chief Executive (based in New York) Richard Fursland, OBE Managing Director (based in London) Peter Hunt, CMG

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