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H.E. Edward Hobart, British Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Hobart
The United Kingdom has long promised to be the best country in the world to do business, and I am proud to say we are delivering on that. Recent months have seen our economy receive two significant votes of confidence: a landmark Free Trade Agreement with India—the fastest growing economy in the G20 — and becoming the first country to secure an economic deal with the Trump administration. These achievements underscore the UK’s position as the most open, stable, and connected economy in the world. But what truly sets us apart is our approach to growth — one that we are building not just for you, but with you.
My initial appointment to the United Arab Emirates, as Consul General to Dubai and the Northern Emirates in 2012, afforded me a profound appreciation of the intertwined historical relationship between the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. It is a rare privilege in diplomatic service to return to a nation in a more senior capacity, and I am honoured to now serve as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the UAE.
Today’s UK and UAE relationship reaches back more than two hundred years. Those original agreements to secure vital trade routes have flourished into a thriving partnership which is about far more than the exchange of goods and services.
The ever growing, British community in the UAE is proud of its contribution to the UAE’s story, and personal and cultural ties are critical to this across numerous sectors, nowhere more so than in the field of financial services.
