INVEST IN SPAIN analyzes investment opportunities between Spain and the United Kingdom in the UK Parliament

Executives from nearly 20 major Spanish and British companies and parliamentarians and members of the governments of both countries, came together last Monday in London for a conference organized by the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain in order to ascertain the best business opportunities and to discuss political-administrative elements with legislators that could provide impetus for economic relations between the two economies.

The meeting was attended by the British Minister of State for Europe, Chris Bryant, and the Minister for Trade, Lord Davies of Abersoch, and another six United Kingdom MPs. The Spanish delegation included the Chief Executive of the Government Agency INVEST IN SPAIN, Javier Sanz, and Members of the Spanish Congress, Félix Larrosa (PSOE), Soledad Becerril (PP) and Jordi Xuclà (CiU).

The following company executives from both countries attended the event:
• António Horta-Osório, Director General of Abbey-Santander
• Antonio Vázquez Romero, President of Iberia
• Baldomero Falcones, President and CEO of FCC
• Carlos del Río Carcaño, Operations Director of Abertis Aeropuertos and CEO of TBI
• Carlos Gallardo Piqué, Director General of Almirall UK
• Carlos López Blanco, Director of Telefónica Internacional
• John M. Scott, President of KPMG España
• José Antonio Llorente, CEO of Llorente & Cuenca
• Juan María Nin Génova, President and CEO of “la Caixa”
• Karen Stock, Chief Executive of Burberry in Europe
• Luis Álvarez, President of EMEA and Latin America of British Telecom
• Nicolás Villén, CEO of Ferrovial Aeropuertos
• Pedro Santaella, Director General of Corporate Banking of Barclays for Spain and Portugal
• Ray King, Director General of BUPA (Sanitas)
• Robin Phillips, Director of Corporate Banking of HSBC
• Roger Cooke, Director General of Cushman & Wakefield Spain
• Vicente Castellano, Director General Hackett London
• Willie Walsh, CEO of British Airways