Online event
Scaling in APAC: Grow your business with commercial and investment partnerships in Asia Pacific
Friday 20 March at 10:00AM
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Asia Pacific offers significant growth opportunities for UK tech companies through fast growing digital economies, strong demand for innovation, and increasing investment across priority sectors such as fintech, clean tech, advanced manufacturing, health tech and smart infrastructure. This webinar will explore how commercial and investment partnerships across APAC can help UK businesses scale.
What you’ll learn
- Inspire UK tech businesses to pursue international growth.
- Showcase the wealth of opportunities available to UK companies in global markets.
- Raise awareness of how UK firms can leverage DBT support to succeed internationally.
Description
The Asia Pacific region is one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse growth markets, offering compelling opportunities for UK companies looking to scale internationally. With rapidly expanding digital economies, strong appetite for innovation, and significant public and private investment, APAC presents multiple pathways for commercial growth and investment partnerships.
This webinar will explore the Asia Pacific innovation landscape, highlighting priority sectors and strategic markets, and outlining how UK businesses can engage with corporates, investors, public institutions and innovation ecosystems across the region. Attendees will gain practical insights into building partnerships, navigating market entry, and accessing on the ground support through the Department for Business and Trade and the UK’s Asia Pacific network.
Speakers
Thomas Tilley
Digital Economy and Technology Lead APAC, Department for Business and Trade
Tom works as part of DBT APAC Regional Team to support best in class UK Tech Companies secure transformational commercial and investment opportunities in Asia Pacific. The DBT APAC network offer UK companies deep market insight, connections to key government and industrial stakeholders, strategic and practical advice. With officers across the Embassy and High Commission network throughout Asia the team offer unrivalled reach and local market knowledge.
Michelle Cooper
International Trade Adviser, Department for Business and Trade
Michelle works in DBT’s Export Support Service to help UK businesses unlock global opportunities. With a particular focus on businesses in the Tech Sector, she works with UK businesses to design practical, tailored international strategies, covering market analysis, entry planning, routes to market, and capability building.