Wednesday 14 July 2010
Organiser and Host: Fasken Martineau
Supported by: Asia-Pacific Technology Network
Chair
- Warwick Morris , Former British Ambassador, Seoul
Speakers
- Martin Uden, British Ambassador, Seoul
- Steve Suk-Ho Lee, Deputy Director - Inward Investment, KOTRA, London
- Martin Harvey, Founder, KoreaPartners.com
- Peter Rawlings, Asia Pacific head, Sustainable and Climate Change practice, ERM
Background:
The EU is now Korea's 3rd biggest trading partner after China and the US, and Korea is the EU's 4th biggest. The EU and South Korea should shortly approve a path-breaking FTA which will eliminate 97% of all tariffs within three years, many on the day the Agreement comes into force. This will cut €1.6 billion of duties annually for EU exporters. The FTA has been hailed as potentially the most significant that the EU has ever signed. It is expected that sectors to gain significantly will include pharmaceuticals, fashion, luxury goods, drinks, legal and financial services, advanced engineering and environmental technology.
This seminar will assess the current state of UK-Korean business relations and the impact of the FTA on both economies
Location: Fasken Martineau, 17 Hanover Square London W1S 1HU
Nearest tube station: Oxford Circus
Timing: Registration from 5pm: Seminar starts at 5.30 pm: drinks from around 7.15 pm.
Pricing: This is a free event
Martin Uden
became the UK’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea in February 2008. This is his third posting to Seoul: he also served there as Second Secretary from 1978 to 1981, and as Political Counsellor from 1994 to 1997. He studied Law at Queen Mary College in London University and was called to the Bar in 1977. He chose to join the Diplomatic Service shortly afterwards and studied Korean for two years during his first posting there in 1978. Since then, he has been responsible at different times for nuclear non-proliferation, Japan, Yugoslavia and Albania and for the Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE). He also served in the UK Trade and Investment Headquarters in London as International Director of the inward investment operation. Apart from postings in Seoul, he has also served in Bonn, Ottawa and, most recently, as Consul-General in San Francisco. He is married to Fiona, whom he met in Korea in 1981, and they have two sons who were both born in Bonn and are now studying in London. After he left Korea in 1981, he started to collect old foreign-language books about Korea and now has one of the largest private collections. He used them to write a book, based on these travellers’ accounts of old Korea, called “Times Past in Korea.” It was published first in 2003 and is shortly to appear in paperback.
Martin Harvey
Most of his career in pharmaceuticals was spent with Glaxo / GSK. Initially he worked for them in the UK, Africa and the Middle East, after which he was based in various countries in Asia: Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and China. While in Korea in the mid-90s he was elected Chairman of the International Pharmaceutical Group which later became the Korea Research-based Pharmaceutical Association. During his tenure with the IPG they identified the value which would be generated from an independent review of the medical reimbursement system. They raised the necessary funding and commissioned NERA to conduct the research. Their report was presented to the minister of health and was translated into Korean by an eminent health economist and distributed widely to legislators and officials. This helped to inform public policy for a number of years. Recently he has been assisting Korean companies to extend their product portfolios via alliances with western companies.
Peter Rawlings
Peter is ERM’s Sustainability & Climate Change lead for Asia Pacific. His areas of expertise focus on GHG data management, auditing and carbon management strategies, green building and energy efficiency solutions, environmental risk management and corporate sustainability. Peter has worked with clients in a range of private and public sectors, including local and national Governments, property & construction, energy & utilities, military, banking & finance and transportation, and his experience has been gained across Asia Pacific, Europe, North America and Africa. Of note, Peter has significant experience of sustainability and climate change projects in Korea. Peter is a member of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Sustainable Buildings and Construction Initiative (UNEP SBCI), and has presented on sustainable construction measures at a number of regional and international conferences and seminars. Peter is also an Advisor to the United Nation’s Sustainability Programme (SUN). Prior to joining ERM, Peter worked for four years as the Environmental Manager for a major construction services group operating across the Asia Pacific region, with particular focus on Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Macau. Prior to this he worked in environmental consultancy specialising in the construction and development sectors in the UK (1994 – 2003) undertaking project work in the UK, Ireland, Europe and the Caribbean.