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Message from theUK PM, David Cameron
"I've always believed that the India-Britain relationship is strong but could be much, much stronger…Britain is one of the most open economies in the world, one of the easiest places to come and invest, to come and do business, to come and own a business, to come and raise capital, and we want to make it even more open, even more welcoming."
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Message from theIndia PM, Manmohan Singh
"We have set in place a new momentum to drive our strategic partnership forward. I have no doubt that this will be good for both our countries and it responds to the wishes and aspirations of both our peoples."
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Message from theCo-Chair, Peter Sands
"India and the UK enjoy strong cultural, business and economic ties. They also share many complementary strengths and similar challenges for the future. Both India and the UK will benefit from greater trade and investment, and broadening and deepening their collaboration. The India-UK CEO Forum has an important role in making this happen. Given the strength of the CEOs involved and the strong support of both governments, I am excited about what the Forum can achieve."
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Message from theCo-Chair, Ratan Tata
"The UK has a special place in the hearts and minds of Indians and Indian industry. However, I feel our trade and investment relationship has significant unrealized potential, given the synergies possible between the two countries – such as what we could achieve by leveraging the technology and manufacturing capabilities in the UK, to serve the global market. I would hope the UK-India CEO Forum is able to help build trade and investment between the two countries to a level approaching its potential, and we intend to look at a range of sectors and ideas on how this could be facilitated by government and industry, from both countries, working together."
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Message from the British Prime Minister
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Message from the Indian Prime Minister
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Message from the Co-Chair, Peter Sands
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Message from the Co-Chair, Ratan Tata
Welcome to India-UK CEO Forum
India and the UK enjoy strong and deep political, historical, cultural and economic ties. Britain is one of the world's oldest democracies, India the world's largest. Over a million people travel between India and the UK each year.
The British and Indian Prime Ministers established the India-UK CEOs Forum on 29 July 2010 in New Delhi during the India-UK Summit to help achieve the two governments' aim "to be ambitious in seeking to substantially increase trade and significantly increase investment between the UK and India".