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British High Commission KL and BMCC | Industry Consultation Session for CPTPP

Date: 6 March 2024

We recently hosted a closed-door industry consultation on the CPTPP with the British High Commission Kuala Lumpur. The session was facilitated by the FTA utilisation team from the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to obtain industry feedback on the sectoral guides on how CPTPP can help certain sectors.

We thank those who attended and contributed their valuable insights: Dato’ Omar Siddiq, BMCC Board Member and the CEO and General Manager of HSBC Malaysia; Wan Azri Wan Hassan, Partner and ASEAN Business Transformation Competency Leader of EY; Dr. Mohd Nazri bin Bajuri, ASEAN Regional Operations Director of Kagool; Manish Mehta, Regional Director of Payroll Operations and Head of Global Support Services of ActivPayroll, Dr. Thinakaran M Selvarajah, Corporate Affairs Manager of AstraZeneca; David Lin, Director of Communications, Government Affairs & Strategic Customer Solutions of GSK; and Richard ColleySonia NasimRichard GivenDominic Scott, and Valeria Vigilante from the British High Commission Kuala Lumpur

We look forward to working closely with the British High Commission to support further engagements with member companies and both MY and UK governments in preparation for the UK’s entry into the CPTPP by the end of 2024.