LONDON: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday (Jan 16) held one-on-one business meetings with several leading companies during his visit to the United Kingdom.
One of the meetings was with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) which was led by its chief executive officer Bill Winters.
According to Malaysian officials, SCB is exploring collaboration with the Malaysian and Singapore governments to facilitate global business entry into the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
Anwar also met officials from Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Raw Energy and Yondr, which has an ongoing project at Sedenak Tech Park, Johor.
Present were Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, and Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.
Earlier, the Prime Minister attended a roundtable meeting with captains of industry in the United Kingdom, joined by 53 leading industry players from 30 companies and organisations.
Among them were from Airbus UK, GKN Aerospace, British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce, Shell and BAE System. - Bernama
