Mike Houghton, Managing Director, Process Industries &
Drives, Siemens UK, has been appointed to chair a Process
Industries and Engineering Advisory Group to advise the All-Party
Parliamentary Group for International Trade and
Investment.
The advisory group, which includes senior executives from
BASF, the Chemical Industries Association, Fine Industries, JJ
Churchill and Encirc, will focus on issues relating to
manufacturing, engineering and new industrial technologies for
the process sector.
As part of the group’s remit, it will offer expert advice
and guidance to the All-Party Parliamentary Trade Group by
investigating current trade barriers facing UK companies as well
as looking at the UK brand abroad, inward investment
opportunities, infrastructure and skills.
Mike Houghton comments: “I am delighted to have been asked
to chair the Process Industries Advisory Group. Along with
my colleagues representing important industrial sectors such as
chemicals, pharmaceutical & life sciences and oil and gas,
our objective is to help politicians better understand the
challenges and trading opportunities that exist for the UK’s
process industry sectors. We will look at a wide range of
issues including how best to promote and support the widespread
adoption of industrial digital technologies, as well as
upskilling our workforces. We look forward to making a
positive contribution in this important area as we try to help UK
businesses wanting to export.”
Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown, MP, Chair of the All-Party
Parliamentary Group for International Trade and Investment, says:
“The work of the All-Party Group aims to promote the importance
of international trade and inward investment into the UK and help
identify and break down the barriers that exist for UK businesses
looking to export. We want to support our process industries as
they seek out trading opportunities across the globe as well as
encourage increased levels of inward investment. We look
forward to working alongside the Process Industries and
Engineering Advisory Group as we collectively seek to tackle the
challenges before us.”
