EAME’s MD, recently attended ‘The Iranian Trade Conference – New Prospects for British-Iranian Trade and Investment’ held at America Square Conference Centre, London. The conference provided an analysis of the business opportunities for British companies across various sectors including infrastructure, oil and gas and financial services as well as detailing the implications for US and European companies regarding the sanctions against Iran. Speakers included Lord Price, Minister of State for Trade and Investment, The Rt Hon Lord Lamont of Lerwick, UK Trade Envoy to Iran and Chairman of the British Iranian Chamber of Commerce and Sir Richard Dalton, President of The British Iranian Chamber of Commerce.
EAME’s MD commented ‘there is clearly a lot of interest in Iran and there are interesting opportunities across all sectors and not just in oil and gas. EAME is already receiving work enquiries for projects in Iran’.
The conference was jointly hosted by the Middle East Association, of which EAME has been a member of since 2013. EAME has been active in Iraq since 2010 working for International Oil Companies and international funders and developers, as such, EAME is in an excellent position to become develop opportunities in Iran following the nuclear agreement.