UK Trade Envoy on inaugural visit to Sri Lanka
- CNL Reporter
- May 27, 2025
- Political
- Sri Lanka
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The UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Sri Lanka, Lord Hannett of Everton, is visiting Colombo from 25 to 28 May. This is his first visit to Sri Lanka since he was appointed in January 2025.
Lord Hannett will meet with Minister of Trade, Deputy Minister for Industry, and representatives from Sri Lanka’s Export Development Board to discuss Sri Lanka’s trade and investment landscape, opportunities for and challenges faced by UK companies, and plans on reforms and improving ease of doing business to support the shared economic growth of both countries.
Lord Hannett will be engaging with wide-ranging representation from across the business community. This will include senior UK and Sri Lankan business personalities, UK transnational education providers, women business leaders, members of the committee of the Council for Business with Britain, and visits to UK companies in the market namely London Stock Exchange Group, De La Rue, HSBC, and the Haleon factory.
He will also be visiting the MAS Silueta factory. In partnership with the International Trade Centre and Sri Lanka’s Export Development Board, Lord Hannett will be launching the SheTrades webpage on the EDB website. This is a follow up to the launch of the SheTrades Sri Lanka Hub in March this year.
