Over 200 leading ambassadors from the Asian Business community gathered in London last week for KPMG’s annual Asian Festival Dinner to celebrate the festivals of Eid and Diwali.
The event, which is now in its 15th year, was held at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel and brought together some of the most successful Asian business and political figures from across the UK.
The annual event is part of a suite of KPMG programmes supporting Asian Businesses and next generation successors in the UK.
Guests were welcomed by KPMG senior partner Bill Michael and special guest speakers on the evening were Dame Mary Archer DBE who spoke of her passion for science and the importance of encouraging more students to study STEM subjects at school, and Nikhil Rathi from the London Stock Exchange.
Commenting on the event, organiser Nina Amin, MBE said, “Asian businesses play such an important part in our economy providing jobs to thousands of people across the UK. Their role as wealth creators and forward looking innovators is set to become increasingly more important as the UK leaves the EU and economic conditions potentially become more challenging.
“As a firm we feel it is important to celebrate them and their successes and this event is one that our clients and contacts look forward to attending. I would like thank our guest speakers, Dame Archer and Nikhil Rathi, who joined us on the evening. It is important to stay close to our clients and support them with the ambitions they have to grow, not just in the good times, but also for the potentially challenging road ahead and any opportunities our new relationship with Europe might bring them.”
