Our Mission

The Chamber’s mission is to be the foremost non-governmental authority on all aspects of two-way trade and investment between Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe. In the UK contacts are maintained principally with UK Trade & Investment, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, City of London Corporation, Think London, and Regional Development Agencies.

The Chamber works closely with the Canadian High Commission, with Canadian provincial governments, the London offices of the Governments of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Québec, and in Canada, Federal and Provincial Government departments and offices, the British High Commission, Chambers of Commerce and municipal authorities and trade associations.

The Chamber is always keen to give a speaking platform to politicians and Captains of Industry, especially on Canada, the UK, NAFTA or the EU. Recent speakers include: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Governor of the Bank of Canada Mark Carney, Premiers Jean Charest, Dalton McGuinty and Ed Stelmach; British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Secretary of State for Trade & Industry Alan Johnson and EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson; former 42nd US President William Jefferson Clinton; President & CEO Royal Bank of Canada Gord Nixon, and Deputy Vice Chair TD Bank Financial Group Frank McKenna.

Charter Members