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Bandar Reda
Secretary General & CEO of Arab British Chamber of CommerceMr Bandar Ali Reda joined the Arab British Chamber of Commerce, on 1st March 2019, as Secretary General and CEO, becoming the fourth person to lead the Chamber since its foundation almost five decades ago.
As CEO, Mr Reda contributes his expertise by drawing on his wealth of experience as a diplomat and extensive time spent in the private sector to ensure the Chamber moves to the next level.
Mr Reda has a distinguished professional career of more than a decade in banking and corporate industry at SABB HSBC Saudi Arabia, prior to senior positions in the diplomatic service of his country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he served as Commercial Attaché in the UK & Europe, based in London, and in Italy and as part of the Saudi delegation to the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris.
Mr Reda holds a BA in Economics and Business Administration from Orlando, USA. He has been an Executive Member of the Saudi-Italian Business Council, the Council of Saudi Chambers; a Member of the Business Youth Committee, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce; a Member of the Saudi Economy Association; and a Member of the Saudi Arabian legal accountants.
Mr Reda has demonstrated his experience and abilities in his roles in both public and private sectors.
Since taking up his post, Mr Reda has successfully steered the Chamber throughout the difficult months of the pandemic and lockdown, a period which presented unprecedented challenges for international trade and the business community. Under Mr Bandar Reda’s guidance and leadership, the Chamber not only continued all its activities uninterrupted but extended its services during this period and has reinforced its reputation as the leading strategic business services organisation in the UK dedicated to strengthening Arab-British trade and building closer business co-operation.
Abdelsalam El-Idrissi
Deputy CEO & Secretary General of Arab British Chamber of CommerceMr Abdeslam El-Idrissi is proud to have served the best part of over 36 years with the Arab British Chamber of Commerce, serving both as Director of Trade Services, Acting General Manager and now his present position as Deputy CEO and Secretary General. During this time, he has cultivated strong relationships with British Chambers, Government bodies, educational institutions, NGOs across both the Arab world and the UK regions, as well as the UK-Arab business communities as a whole.
To this end, Mr El-Idrissi is in much demand across the regions as a keynote speaker and as one of the UK’s leading experts on UK-Arab trade relations.
He is also a key member of the Institute of Export where in the past he has held the position of Vice Chair of the Institute of Export, London Branch for a period of 7 years.
Robert Bobroff
International Sales Manager at Symphony Environmental LtdRobert Bobroff joined Symphony in 1998 and is responsible for managing Symphony's Distributors in Eastern & South Eastern Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia, including, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and the Maldives. This includes advising on the marketing of d2w oxo-biodegradable and the various d2p additives, plus assisting with technical queries together with Symphony’s Technical Department. Part of Robert’s work entails ensuring that the correct legislation is adopted in each Country, together with the Distributor and the relevant Local and National Government Departments.
Mark Scoular
Director of Protect & Prepare LtdMark has dedicated himself to protecting the UK, its citizens and visitors to the UK as well as preparing our multi-agency emergency responders & special forces to keep our country secure against all manner of terrorist/non-terrorist related attacks and civil disaster. Within 26 years as a Metropolitan Police Officer, he worked extensively on leading the UK’s International effort to share knowledge and experience with Police, Fire, Ambulance, Military and Private/voluntary sector colleagues from those who are likely to be on scene first-responders (Operational) through to Senior leaders and government officials (Strategic).
He has worked alongside and partnered some of the most forward thinking, progressive and internationally recognised centres of excellence around the globe and has years of proven leadership at all levels.
From joining the Royal Marines Commando’s in 1983, through to Head of Emergency Preparedness for the London 2012 Olympic Games and finally as Head of International PROTECT and PREPARE for National Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters in the UK, Mark relishes and rises to the challenges of forming strategically powerful partnerships and delivering outstanding results…
Gregory Baker
CEO of Intro Crowd LtdGregory has spent his career building businesses in real estate, technology and the financial services sector. In the last 5 years Gregory has been involved in funding projects that deliver mainly affordable housing that have a gross development value of £500m.
Gregory’s focus is now to work on projects that he is passionate about and that have a huge positive environmental and social impact as well as delivering return on investment. He strives to create ecosystems that retain the identity of the location as well as long term sustainability.
Gregory is a keen traveller and outdoorsman who loves spending time with his family kitesurfing in Dakhla and Tarifa.
Frank Valle
Sales Manager UK and IE at SaudiaFrank joined the tourism sector in 1995 when he started as an Administrator for a reputable Tour Operator based in London, within two years he was moved to the reservation department where he was the top selling agent, by 1999 he was appointed as Reservations Manager, a role he held until the end of 2008 when he moved into Aviation. In 2011 he joined Saudia as Senior Sales Executive looking after the Business side, in 2016 he was promoted to Manager Sales and Marketing UK & Eire, where he has played a key role to increase capacity, revenue and number of passengers for the UK routes to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Patrizia Gallo
Regional Sales Manager EU at SaudiaCurrently Saudia Airlines Regional Sales Manager for Europe, Patrizia has 30 years’ experience in the airline industry, occupying senior roles for Alitalia, Skyteam Airline Alliance, Royal Jordanian and Saudia, including four years as the UK Foreign Airlines Association’s Chair.
Throughout her career Patrizia proved to be an accomplished and strong communicator with a proven track record in business development, revenue responsibility, relationship building and partnership management within global organisations.
Patrizia is tenacious, result-oriented and possesses a strong ability to motivate others, with a mission to continue to successfully grow business relationships with the trade and corporate community across Europe and deliver value propositions to her business partners.
Pete White
Director of White Choice Insurance Solutions LtdDirector/Owner Commercial and General Insurance broker with 25 years’ Experience
