Join us at techUK's office or virtually for our UK-APAC Tech Forum. This event will focus on opportunities for the UK tech sector following the UK's accession into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), featuring a discussion with CPTPP officials working in the Department for Business and Trade and followed by a short market pitch from 8 countries that are in the trading bloc, or are due to join soon.
Agenda:
Keynotes
9.30-9.35am - Antony Walker, Deputy CEO, techUK
9.35-9.40am - The Rt Hon Mark Garnier MP, Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Brunei
9.40-10.00am - Discussion with Matthew Cartwright, Head of Digital Trade for Asia-Pacific, and Hope Hadfield, Head of CPTPP Engagement, from the Department for Business and Trade.
10-10.55am - Market Pitches from a Representative of the following countries:
- Singapore (Yeo Zhihan, Director, Strategic Programmes, SGTech)
- Vietnam (Nguyen Thi Thu Giang, Vice Chairwoman cum General Secretary, VINASA)
- Malaysia (Raj Mendhir, Managing Director, Wippd)
- Canada (Sanjay Purohit, Trade Commissioner, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom)
- South Korea* (Kyeoungseo Ryu, Manager, KOTRA)
- Taiwan* (Roger Liao, Vice President, Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers' Association)
- Chile (Nicolas Grimblatt, Investment Promotion Executive, InvestChile)
- Thailand* (Cherdchan Arunat, Director, Thailand's Board of Investment, Paris Office)
- Mexico and Peru (Cristina Irvine-Turner, Latin America Business Specialist, Department for Business and Trade)
10.55 - 11am - Following the market pitches, we will hand over to our partners at Intralink, who will detail their UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme.

Sabina Ciofu
Sabina Ciofu is Associate Director – International, running the International Policy and Trade Programme at techUK.

Daniel Clarke
Dan joined techUK as a Policy Manager for International Policy and Trade in March 2023.

Theophile Maiziere
Theo joined techUK in 2024 as EU Policy Manager. Based in Brussels, he works on our EU policy and engagement.

Lewis Walmesley-Browne
Lewis' programmes cover a range of policy areas within Market Access (international trade regulation, sanctions and export controls, technical standards and product compliance, supply chains) and Consumer Tech (media and broadcast policy, consumer electronics, and connected home technology).
Tess Newton
Tess joined techUK as an Policy and Public Affairs Team Assistant in November of 2024. In this role, she supports areas such as administration, member communications and media content.