United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy Programme
The United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy programme is a network of parliamentarians integral to supporting the government’s growth mission for growth by providing additional international trade and investment support to ministers.
There are 28 Trade Envoys covering 71 markets across 6 continents who engage on substantial trade opportunities identified by government.
They will play a crucial role in supporting the Department for Business and Trade’s growth priorities, in particular through helping deliver the industrial and trade strategies and attracting foreign direct investment to every region in the UK. They complement the work of our Ambassadors, High Commissioners and His Majesty’s Trade Commissioners in their respective markets by:
- engaging with their host governments
- leading trade delegations
- hosting inward delegations
- meeting businesses in the UK
- in market and lobbying on market access issues
They do this by building relationships in market and working with UK businesses.
The programme has been running since 2012 and was previously called the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy programme, but this was re-named in 2025. The new title creates commonality between government Envoy roles and reflects the Envoys’ duties in representing the whole United Kingdom.
Membership of the programme is cross party from both the House of Commons and House of Lords. The role is voluntary and unpaid.
The Secretary of State has appointed the following Trade Envoys:
| Trade Envoy name and title | Assigned country or region |
|---|---|
| Afzal Khan MP | Türkiye |
| Alex Sobel MP | Ukraine |
| Baroness Jane Ramsey | Ethiopia |
| Baroness Rosie Winterton | Bangladesh |
| Ben Coleman MP | Kingdom of Morocco and Francophone West Africa |
| Calvin Bailey MP | Southern Africa |
| Carolyn Harris MP | New Zealand |
| Dan Carden MP | Mexico |
| David Pinto-Duschinsky MP | Switzerland and Liechtenstein |
| Fabian Hamilton MP | Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay |
| Florence Eshalomi MP | Nigeria |
| Jess Morden MP | Central America |
| Kate Osamor MP | East Africa |
| Lord Iain McNicol | Jordan, Kuwait and the Occupied Palestinian Territories |
| Lord Ian Austin | Israel |
| Lord John Alderdice | Azerbaijan and Central Asia |
| Lord John Hannett | Sri Lanka |
| Lord John Spellar | Australia |
| Lord Richard Faulkner | Taiwan |
| Lord Roger Liddle | Andean |
| Lord Tom Watson | Republic of Korea |
| Matt Western MP | Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos |
| Naz Shah MP | Indonesia and ASEAN |
| Paulette Hamilton MP | Commonwealth Caribbean |
| Sarah Olney MP | North Africa |
| Sharon Hodgson MP | Japan |
| Yasmin Qureshi MP | Egypt |
| Lord David Evans of Sealand | Brazil |
You can contact us by emailing uktradeenvoys@businessandtrade.gov.uk.