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DBT's senior officials' meetings, April to June 2025
Updated 25 September 2025
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| Senior Official's Name | Date | Name of individual or organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Brooks | 2025-04-03 | Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK)/Chair of European Roundtable for Industry | Discussion on ongoing trade negotiations |
| Amanda Brooks | 2025-04-24 | Scotch Whisky Association | Discussion on ongoing trade negotiations |
| Amanda Brooks | 2025-05-01 | Volvo Cars | Discussion on ongoing trade negotiations |
| Amanda Brooks | 2025-05-13 | Scotch Whisky Association | Discussion on ongoing trade negotiations |
| Amanda Brooks | 2025-06-18 | Gary Horlick | Discussion on research project on trade and the environment |
| Amanda Brooks | 2025-06-19 | UK Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) | Discussion on India FTA and the Confederation of Indian Industry's activities |
| Amanda Brooks | 2025-06-23 | British Standards Institition (BSI) | Discussion on relationship with British Standards Institution |
| Amanda Brooks | 2025-06-25 | Business Europe; Confederation of British Industry (CBI) | Discussion on United Kingdom/European Union common understanding |
| Caleb Deeks | 2025-04-09 | Resolution Foundation | Meeting to discuss labour market |
| Caleb Deeks | 2025-06-03 | Trade Association Leaders Group (Tech UK, The City UK, Food and Drink Federation, UK Hospitality, Recruitment and Employment Confederation, British Retail Consortium, Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders, Energy UK) | To discuss the Employment Rights Bill and Government’s Plan to Make Work Pay |
| Caleb Deeks | 2025-06-30 | Archie Norman | To discuss the UK business environment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-04-17 | Katharine Braddick | Non Executive Director meeting - Board of Trade |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-04-28 | Fortescue Zero, Ellie Coates | To discuss investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-04-29 | Royal Society Policy Leaders Fellowship Dinner | Attended as Director General Office for Investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-04-30 | Public Sector Chairs Breakfast with Sara Weller - Saxton Bamfylde | To discuss building a Diverse Workforce to Drive Inclusive Growth |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-05-01 | Roundtable - OfI/DCMS/City of London | To discuss leveraging impact capital to deliver Government Missions |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-05-08 | REFORM event - Angela McLean in conversation | The application of science to policymaking - Investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-05-08 | Liberty Event: I AM. WE ARE. LIBERTY | Osaka sponsors |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-05-13 | Kickstart Ventures | To discuss investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-05-13 | Clare Moriarty, Citizen Advice Bureau | To discuss investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-05-14 | Sharon Whit, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec | To discuss investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-05-14 | Safran, Veronique Bardelmann | To discuss potential Growth and Investment into the UK |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-02 | Capital investment in innovation - private dinner | To discuss investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-04 | BioIndustry Association Parliamentary Day meeting | To discuss investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-04 | Global Infrastructure Investors Association Parliamentary Reception | Attended as Director General Office for Investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-09 | Aware Super invitation to roundtable discussion with Lord Livermore | Australian Roundtable discussion with Lord Livermore |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-11 | Andrew Lawrence, CK Infrastructure UK | To discuss investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-11 | Matt Andrew, Ekimetrics | To discuss investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-11 | Neale Coleman (Chair of the Oxford Growth Commission) | To discuss investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-11 | Mastek | London Tech Week |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-11 | Hewlett Packard | London Tech Week |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-11 | London Chamber / Office for Investment | To discuss investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-12 | East Midlands Combined County Association | To discuss investment |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-16 | Mark Selby | To discuss investment, green technology, access to funding |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-16 | Lucius Cary | To discuss investment and access to funding |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-16 | Andrew Smith - Minister Counsellor | Bombardier |
| Ceri Smith | 2025-06-30 | (IFM Investors) David Whiteley | Australian Super Summit, investment |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-26 | Bridge Group | Meeting to discuss Social Mobility |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-03 | IBM | To discuss the Industrial Strategy and investment. |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-03 | Arch10 | Introductory meeting. |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-03 | Heywood Foundation | Catch-up on Heywood Foundation |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-05 | LSE | To discuss attracting talent to the UK |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-06 | Bechtel | To discuss Public Infrastructure |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-09 | Responsible Business Forum | Speaking on panel |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-10 | GSK | Meeting to discuss the European Roundtable for Industry |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-11 | Bunq | Catch-up meeting at Founders Forum event |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-12 | Richard Harrington | Breakfast meeting to discuss Inward Investment. |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-12 | Founders Forum | Attendance at event |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-17 | NIKKEI | Introductory meeting to discuss the Industrial Strategy |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-17 | French Chambers of Commerce | To discuss the Industrial Strategy, Trade Strategy, and UK/French relations. |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-17 | PWC | Meeting between senior officials and senior partners. |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-17 | Global Counsel | Speaking at breakfast roundtable hosted by Global Counsel |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-19 | Rolls Royce | Meeting to discuss the Industrial Strategy. |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-23 | PwC and CityUK | Meeting on the UK financial and related professional services industry |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-23 | Heathrow | Regular meeting to discuss latest business updates |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-24 | Dame Susan Langley | Meeting to discuss financial services industry |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-24 | NFU, UK Hospitality, BRC, and FDF | Meeting to discuss the UK's food strategy |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-25 | Imperial College London | Meeting to discuss ICL's WestTech corridor |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-25 | PwC | Meeting to discuss Audit Reform |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-25 | Ed Balls | Meeting to discuss the Industrial Strategy |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-26 | CityUK | To discuss the Industrial Strategy, Trade Strategy, and UK/French relations. |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-26 | British Academy | Meeting to discuss history of policy-making |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-26 | Kaya Partners | Meeting to discuss regulation and energy prices |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-27 | Heywood Foundation | Board Meeting |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-30 | Airbus | To discuss HMG's and Airbus' relationship. |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-06-30 | City of London | Mayoral Advisory board meeting |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-04-01 | Rolls Royce | Roundtable discussion on joint working between HMG and Rolls Royce |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-04-02 | Biopharmaceutical Industry CEOs | Roundtable discussion with Biopharmaceutical CEOs |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-04-10 | Carolyn Fairbairn | Meeting to discuss latest business updates and developments |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-04-29 | Oxford University | Meeting to discuss the Directors Leadership Programme |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-01 | EY | Breakfast roundtable to discuss the Industrial Strategy |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-06 | City of London/Lord Mayor | To discuss the Industrial Strategy and the Financial/Professional Services Sector |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-12 | Boston Consulting Group | Meeting to discuss latest business updates and developments |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-12 | Deloitte | To discuss latest business updates and developments, Industrial Strategy and PBS Sector |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-12 | Toyota | Meeting to discuss latest sector updates, and ZEV Mandate |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-13 | Whitehall Industry Group | Roundtable to discuss Private Equity with sector leaders |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-13 | QinetiQ | Meeting to discuss latest business updates and developments, and Industrial Strategy |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-13 | Uber | Meeting to discuss latest business updates and developments |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-14 | Howden Group | Breakfast meeting to discuss join working between Howden Group and HMG, and Climate Risk and resilience |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-14 | Honeywell | Meeting to discuss growth and investment |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-14 | HWL Europe | Meeting to discuss latest business updates and developments |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-15 | Faculty | Meeting to discuss HMG’s work to support the AI sector |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-15 | Croda | Meeting to discuss latest business updates and developments |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-15 | Global Counsel | Discussion on Growth |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-19 | Rolls Royce | Follow up on Strategic dialogue |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-22 | Rothschild & Co | ADS Defence Breakfast roundtable |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-22 | King's College London | Meeting to discuss latest on the DBT/KCL training offer |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-22 | Founders Forum | Meeting to discuss tech sector |
| Gareth Davies | 2025-05-29 | Leverhulme Trust | Disucss the Trust recent announcement and philanthropy |
| Gavin Lambert | 2025-06-05 | Various (Assured Guaranty, BHHPA, Highview Power, National Grid, PoolRe, Premier League, SGN, The Portman Group, Sizewell C, Vodafone, Atos, Arden Strategies) | CEO breakfast meeting to discuss regulation |
| Gavin Lambert | 2025-05-15 | Whitehall and Industry Group (WIG) | WIG roundtable on regulation |
| Gavin Lambert | 2025-06-30 | Archie Norman | To discuss the UK business environment |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-06-12 | Smart Mobility Living Lab - CEO Paul Campion | Visit to Smart Mobility offices and discuss their products and services |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-06-18 | Jonathan Brearley - OFGEM | Energy price discussions |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-06-18 | Thierry Garnier - CE Kingfisher | To discuss ongoing stakeholder outreach, to promote the Industrial Strategy and build support from industry voices. |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-04-09 | Mr Shirayama, Head of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd Japan | To discuss how UK government could support in growing their business in the UK |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-04-30 | Bombardier - Belfast Operations team | Update on talks regarding Belfast operations of Spirit AeroSystems and discuss UK government investment. |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-05-07 | Karen Betts - Food and Drink Federation | To discuss how food and drink manufacturing can help economic growth, and in creating higher skilled roles |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-06-05 | David Maudsley - Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs - GSK | Introductory meeting to discuss how GSK and the Life Sciences sector can support DBT’s plans for growth |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-06-09 | London Tech Week | Walkthrough meeting of various tech organisations. |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-06-10 | Tencent/video games accelerator graduation at the invitation Vice-President Brent Irvin | To support in presenting awards to graduates |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-06-11 | Matt Hammerstein - CE UK Corporate, Barclays | To discuss the impact of tariffs on business |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-06-19 | Senior managers of Manchester Airport | To discuss ongoing stakeholder outreach, to promote the Industrial Strategy and build support from industry voices. |
| Jaee Samant | 2025-06-24 | Boston Consulting Group | To discuss how they can support government organisations |
| Joanna Crellin | 2025-05-02 | Manchester University | To discuss how the university is strengthening the region’s innovation ecosystem. |
| Joanna Crellin | 2025-06-03 | Paul Maltby - Faculty AI - Director of Public Services | Discussions regarding One Place One Login , Business Growth Service and transforming delivery of export support |
| Joanna Crellin | 2025-06-04 | Stuart Wells, Managing Director of Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) | Meeting with an Export Champion to hear about how they are benefiting from DBT support |
| Katherine Joseph | 2025-05-12 | Oliver Christian | Introductory discussion of US negotiations and sub-federal engagement |
| Katherine Joseph | 2025-05-20 | The National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) | To promote sub-federal procurement opportunities to UK businesses |
| Katherine Joseph | 2025-05-21 | Lisa Quest (Oliver Wyman) | Discuss support available for DBT teams working on US tariffs |
| Katherine Joseph | 2025-06-09 | President Duvall (American Farm Bureau) | Discussion on recent UK-US negotiations |
| Katherine Joseph | 2025-06-16 | China-Britain Business Council | To discuss ongoing Engagement with business and DBT |
| Katherine Joseph | 2025-06-25 | Jeff Campbell (Cisco) | Discussion on UK-US trade agenda |
| Katherine Joseph | 2025-06-25 | David Quarrey (HSBC) | To discuss ongoing Engagement with business and DBT |
| Sam Lister | 2025-04-28 | Federation of Small Business | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-04-16 | Deloitte | Business roundtable on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-04-23 | Jaguar Land Rover | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-05-01 | EY | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-05-02 | IHI Corporation | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-05-06 | Apollo Global Management | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-05-06 | Marubeni | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-05-07 | Hanover Communications | Business Roundtable on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-05-07 | NBC Universal | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-05-09 | Hitachi Rail & Energy | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-05-15 | UK Research and Innovation | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-05-16 | Walsin Lihwa | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-05-22 | Founders Forum | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-09 | Defence Industrial Joint Council | X-Gov council with Defense sector stakeholders |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-09 | Aware Super | Business roundtable on UK Investment |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-11 | University College London | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-17 | NIKKEI | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-17 | Start up coalition | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-17 | Institute of Directors | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-19 | Innovate UK | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-19 | CBI | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-19 | Make UK | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-19 | Institute for Government | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-19 | Resolution Foundation | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-19 | BAE Systems | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-19 | Jaguar Land Rover | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-19 | The Crown Estate | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-19 | Energy UK | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-19 | Mubadala Investment Company | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-20 | AESC Group | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-20 | Scale Up Institute | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-20 | HVM Catapult | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-20 | McKinsey | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-24 | The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders | Speaking at summit event on the Industrial Strategy |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-25 | CBI | Business roundtable on UK Investment |
| Sam Lister | 2025-06-26 | Kaya Partners | Stakeholder engagement on the Industrial Strategy |
| Tara Smith | 2025-04-11 | Deloitte | Deloitte conducting the Matrix Cluster interviews |
| Tara Smith | 2025-04-24 | PwC | Discussion on organisation design |
| Tara Smith | 2025-05-07 | UKSBS | Discussion on ongoing work with DBT |
| Tara Smith | 2025-05-30 | FacultyAI | Introduction meeting to learn how they help their clients use AI to improve performance |
| Tara Smith | 2025-06-27 | FacultyAI | Follow-up discussion with wider colleagues to introduce their work on helping clients use AI |