Alistair has been a member of the Philippine British Business Council (PBBC) since 2000. Throughout that time he has been the UK based Co-Chairman for ICT and has visited the Philippines regularly over that period.
PBBC is composed of top business executives from both countries and was established to promote business and investment between the Philippines and the United Kingdom. The Council provides an umbrella organisation and overall framework for identifying profitable opportunities for cooperation between the business communities of the two countries. Specific business opportunities and programmes are then followed up and implemented by private sector companies in both countries.
The Council:-
- creates a forum for contact and mutual business development between Council members;
- identifies areas where business for both countries could work together for mutual benefit; agrees on work programmes to be carried out by supporting administrations between meetings;
- considers how to develop mutual trade at small and medium enterprises level including the creation of partnership structures;
- investigates inward investment opportunities and action in both directions; to identify targetted sectors for future collaboration and work programmes;
- and considers third country collaboration and to identify specific opportunities.
One of the benefits of the PBBC is the long relationships which have developed between interested and relevant parties in both the UK and The Philippines.
Alistair is responsible for the PBBC website which can be found at www.philippinebritish.com.