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: New PBEC member Mr Christophe Bosquillon, Autonomous Space Futures Ltd

Christophe Bosquillon, MSc MBA Christophe Bosquillon has over 30 years of international experience in general management, foreign direct investment, and private equity and fund management, across various industries, based 80% of that time in the Pacific Basin, as corporate director, government agency contractor, and entrepreneur. While also active in strategic planning, risk management, polycentric governance, Chris has set up, co-sponsored, and engaged, in a number of pro bono activities, such as: natural disaster relief from emergency response to long term…

: PBEC Trade Report April 2021- Part II

Issue: 006: AUSTRALIA INVITES RCEP SUBMISSIONS: The Australian Parliament’s Joint Treaties Committee has invited public submissions as part of its ratification review of the ASEAN+5 RCEP FTA. Submissions to the parliamentary committee are due by April 16. Japan’s Parliament has also begun its ratification. BIDEN DEMANDS BUY AMERICAN FOCUS: President Biden has this week directed each of his Cabinet to examine their department expenditures and to ensure they were following the new administration’s Buy American Policy. The Buy American Policy…

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: PBEC & ESBN Official Side event of APFSD 2021

Topic: ‘A Catalyst for Change – A PBEC & ESBN Dialogue on the Future of Sustainable Finance’ When: Wed 24 March 2021 0800-0930L (BKK Local Time) Where: Zoom Virtual Webinar Meeting Watch the event recording here on Youtube:   Listen to the event recording here on Soundcloud PBEC.org · A Catalyst for Change – A PBEC Dialogue on the Future of Sustainable Finance   “To meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by the target year of 2030, ESCAP estimates that…

: The FT together with Global BoardRoom online dialogue forum discussion: A World transformed by crisis

The Global Boardroom returns for its third edition to discuss the practical steps governments, business and finance can take to build a resilient, sustainable recovery, more than a year into a crisis that has crippled the global economy and fundamentally changed the way we live, work and communicate. As COVID-19 continues to spread, how effective will the vaccination programmes be and to what extent have they brought forward the timing of a recovery? What impact will the new US administration…

: Cyber Resiliency: The last line of defence – DRaaS What you need to know about Disaster Recovery as a Service

The average cost of downtime has increased fourfold since 2018. Threat vectors are changing. Attacks that once favoured volume have become targeted and increasingly sophisticated. We have also seen the proliferation of Ransomware as a Service making the barrier to entry that much lower. With Hong Kong businesses being 1.6 times more likely to be attacked by Ransomware, and 1.7 times more likely to be infected by malware, the costs are high. When: Wed 14th April 2021 at 1100L to…

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: PBEC Webinar Event: A Keynote Presentation by CCB- Malaysia on its Digital Trade Smart Matchmaking Platform

PBEC hosts CCB Malaysia Senior Vice President Chong Fook Jade who will share and describe CCB Bank’s Smart Matchmaking Digital Trade Platform that was launched a year ago during the pandemic. CCB Match Plus is a smart matchmaking platform safely connecting businesses that cannot trade easily in today’s disrupted markets. As one of the largest banks in China, CCB has assets of more than RMB27 trillion, ranking second in the world in terms of market capitalization. CCB aims to promote…

: PBEC Trade Report April 2021

Issue: 005: AUSTRALIA’S CHINA WINE DISPUTE HEADED TO WTO: A WTO Dispute Panel is likely now that China has hiked five-year anti-dumping duties on Australian wine to between 116 and 218 per cent. Trade Minister Tehan described China’s action as “extremely disappointing and completely unjustifiable.” AUSTRALIAN PRODUCERS RESPOND TO CHINA HIT: Australian wine producers are responding to China’s anti-dumping duties by chasing new markets. Industry leader Tony Battaglane said wine producers would now focus on growing demand for Australian wine…

: Episode Two: Launch in the Philippines

Recording date & time: March 2021 Filmed on locations: Salon Films Studio, Kowloon, Hong Kong & Manila in the Philippines Participants: Jojo Flores Co-Founder Plug & Play Tech Center https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/ Plug and Play Tech Center was officially launched in 2006. Plug and Play is a global innovation platform that connects start-ups to investors and corporations worldwide. We also invest in over a hundred companies each year. During our first few months, we only had 20 companies in our portfolio and did three investments…

: The Value Prop Episode One: A Philippines Endeavor

Recording date & time: March 2021 Filmed on locations: Salon Films Studio, Kowloon, Hong Kong & Manila in the Philippines Participants: Manny Ayala Managing Director Endeavor Philippines  www.endeavor.org Manny’s wide-ranging career has included being a founder of a number of undertakings- a boutique invesment bank, an animation company and more recently, a tech incubator called Hatchd.  Prior to his entry into the world ot entrepreneurship, Manny worked as a senior executive for a number of global media companies including Discovery…

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: Ricky Sandhu Founder and Chairman of Urban-Air Port joins PBEC

Meet Ricky Sandhu Founder and Chairman of Urban-Air Port and who is the CEO of Six Miles Across London Ltd (small.) a group of infrastructure-as-a-service businesses which includes urban-Air Port Ltd. Hyundai Motor Group, Coventry City Council and the UK Government have partnered with Urban Air Port® to launch the world’s first site – Air One® – to demonstrate the potential of urban air mobility for the UK and worldwide. Read more here Urban Air-Port are conducting a Series A fund round…