Online event
ITW 2023: Meet the Balkans!
Tuesday 07 November at 12:00PM
Have you ever considered the Balkans as a potential target market for your products or services? As part of International Trade Week 2023, join this session to find out about the opportunities in the Balkans for UK businesses to grow their international potential.
What you’ll learn
- the opportunities across the Balkans for UK businesses
- top tips on the practicalities of selling to these markets
- the support that DBT can offer you when trading with these markets
Description
The Balkans is a unique, vibrant and innovative region, home to some of the fastest growing economies in Europe.
It offers great potential for British businesses with easy to access from the UK and continued growth creating great market opportunities in a wide range of sectors, from transport infrastructure to consumer and retail.
This lunch and learn webinar is brought to you by Export Support Service - International Markets (ESS-IM) Europe and our overseas-based advisers from across the Balkans to talk you through the unmissable trade opportunities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Montenegro.
Speakers
Nikola Milivojevic
Country Director for Trade, Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Serbia
After obtaining a Business Management Master’s degree at Belgrade University, Nikola started working in the private financial sector but soon after switched to the government industry taking on positions such as Finance Analyst in the Serbian Ministry of Finance, Adviser to the Minister of Energy, Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Economic Adviser in the UK’s Good Governance Fund. Throughout his career, Nikola has worked with high level government officials and partnered with business associations on enabling a better business environment and attracting foreign investors to Serbia.
Richlove Mensah
Director for Exports, Europe & Regional Director, Trade & Investment, British Embassy, Warsaw, Poland
Richlove is the Department for Business and Trade’s Director for Exports in Europe. In this role, he provides strategic direction on the delivery of HMG’s exports ambitions in Europe and help UK businesses take full advantage of the export opportunities across the continent. Based in Warsaw, Poland, he provides leadership and strategic direction to fourteen teams across the region: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Prior to his current role, Richlove worked as an Economic Adviser at the UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) where he had the responsibility for setting the strategic direction of the department’s analytical work on international trade and investment.
He studied Economics and Politics (BA) at Manchester University and International Economics (MSc) at Lunds Universitet in Sweden.
Ekaterina Simeonova
Senior Commercial Officer, Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Sofia, Bulgaria
Ekaterina is a Commercial Officer, managing the healthcare, education and retail sectors. Ekaterina hold a Master’s in International Business and Industrial Psychology, with over 10 years' work experience in the government sector, and over 10 years in the private sector. She is also experienced in event coordination and market promotion.