This week, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade announced the appointment of 32 Parliamentarians covering 79 markets to the United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy programme.
What is a trade envoy?
The United Kingdom’s Trade Envoys will play an integral role in the Government’s growth mission and delivering its Plan for Change by helping to create opportunities for UK business to compete abroad, break into new markets and attract greater inward investment from their markets. The role is unpaid and voluntary, with cross-party membership from both Houses.
Who are the new trade envoys?[1]
- Sarah Olney MP, Richmond Park – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to North Africa
- Yasmin Qureshi MP, Bolton South and Walkden – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Egypt
- Calvin Bailey MP, Leyton and Wanstead – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Southern Africa
- Ben Coleman MP, Chelsea and Fulham – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Morocco and Francophone West Africa
- Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Ethiopia
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Clapham and Brixton Hill – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Ghana
- Flo Eshalomi MP, Vauxhall and Camberwell Green – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria
- Kate Osamor MP, Edmonton and Winchmore Hill – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to East Africa
- Rosena Allin-Khan MP, Tooting – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to South Africa
- Lord Spellar of Smethwick – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Australia
- Carolyn Harris MP, Neath and Swansea East – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to New Zealand
- Lord Watson of Wyre Forest – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to the Republic of Korea
- Lord Faulkner of Worcester – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Taiwan
- Naz Shah MP, Bradford West – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Indonesia and ASEAN
- Matt Western MP, Warwick and Leamington – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
- George Freeman MP, Mid Norfolk – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Brunei
- Sharon Hodgson MP, Washington and Gateshead South – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Japan
- Afzal Khan CBE MP, Manchester Rusholme – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Türkiye
- Alex Sobel MP, Leeds Central and Headingley – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Ukraine
- Lord Austin of Dudley – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Israel
- David Pinto-Duschinsky MP, Hendon – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Switzerland & Lichtenstein
- Lord Alderdice – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan and Central Asia
- Lord McNicol of West Kilbride – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Jordan, Kuwait and Palestine Territories
- Mohammad Yasin MP, Bedford – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Pakistan
- Dan Carden MP, Liverpool Walton – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Mexico
- Fabian Hamilton MP, Leeds North East – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Southern Cone
- Paulette Hamilton MP, Birmingham Erdington – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Commonwealth Caribbean
- Lord Liddle – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Andean
- Josh MacAlister OBE MP, Whitehaven and Workington – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Brazil
- Jessica Morden MP, Newport East – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Central America
- Lord Hannett of Everton – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Sri Lanka
- Baroness Winterton of Doncaster – United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Bangladesh
How do I contact a trade envoy?
Trade Envoys can be useful stakeholders for UK organisations seeking to develop business in foreign markets and foreign organisations seeking to develop business in the UK.
To contact a UK Trade Envoy, you can email the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy programme at pmstradeenvoy@businessandtrade.gov.uk. In your email, specify the Trade Envoy or the country/region you’re interested in to ensure your inquiry is directed appropriately.
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[1] Jonathan Reynolds MP, Hansard, 28 January 2025, Vol. 761, Link
